St Martin's Theatre | London Musicals Tickets

West Street, London, WC2H 0DP

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Mousetrap

Agatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 50 years in the West End. The world's longest running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpeice goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing! A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed. A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere! more

'A beautifully preserved example of a country house murder mystery', The Stage

Directions

Take the Piccadilly or Northern line to Leicester Square station. The theatre is a 5 minute walk.

Tube

Leicester Square is the closest London tube station.

Train

London Charing Cross is the closest National Rail station.

Bus

London Bus Routes: 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176.

Parking

MasterPark at Cambridge Circus, NCP at Upper St Martin’s Lane and Bedfordbury are the closest public car parks.

History

Aldwych Theatre was founded in London in 1806 by merchant John Scott and his daughter Jane. The original name was sans areil (French for 'unique' or 'without comparison') Jane was a performer, playwright and British theatre manager at the time. They formed a theatrical company and by 1809 the theatre was licensed for musical entertainments, pantomime, and Burletta (is a musical term generally denoting a short comic Italian (and later English) opera. She wrote more than fifty stage pieces in various genres: melodramas, pantomimes, farces, comic operettas, historical dramas, and adaptations. Jane Scott retired to Surrey in 1819, marrying John Davies Middleton (1790-1867). On 18th October, 1819 the theatre reopened under its present name, which was adopted from the Adelphi Buildings opposite.

Designed as a companion next to the adjacent Ambassadors Theatre, these two theatres are actually very different. In contrast to the decorative plasterwork seen in the Ambassadors Theatre auditorium, St Martins Theatre has a polished wood interior, unique in the West End. Productions here have included the premiere production of the popular JB Priestly play When We Are Married in 1938. In 1945 Edward Percy's murder tale The Shop At Sly Corner enjoyed a run of 863 performances. More recently Anthony Shaffer's thriller Sleuth had a run of 3 years starting in 1970. The theatre was renovated in 1961.The theatre is best known for it's current production of Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap which originally opened at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25th November, 1952 before transferring.

Food and Drink

There are 3 bars. Also available is ice-cream and confectionery.

Accessibility

Guide dogs are not permitted in the auditorium but staff can dog-sit by prior arrangement. Half price available for disabled theatregoer and one companion Monday - Thursday. Accessible to a wheelchair user able to walk short distances and up a few steps. Disabled person's Toilets. Induction Loop or Infra-red sound amplification.