How long is mousetrap

Running at the St. Martin's Theatre since , the original production opened across the road at the Ambassadors Theatre on 25 November and has since been presented in 27 different languages in more than 50 countries around the world. 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! The world's longest running show, The Mousetrap now has three entries in the Guinness Book of Records, including those for the longest continuous run of any show in the world, the 'most durable' actor David Raven, who played Major Metcalf for 4, performances and 'longest serving understudy' Nancy Seabrooke, who stood by as Mrs Boyle 6, times.

Book Now Visit now to explore without the crowds. TripAdvisor Traveller Rating Based on 1, reviews. What is The Mousetrap about? How long is The Mousetrap? The Mousetrap is two hours and 20 minutes long, including an interval. Where is The Mousetrap being performed? The Mousetrap is performed at St Martin's Theatre. The closest Tube station is Leicester Square.

Bone and some other cast members are writing Mousetrap spoofs, which they perform for their own amusement. He says they will come in handy in February, when the cast is six months in and hitting the theatrical equivalent of the marathon-runner's wall. In them, the characters Giles and Mollie become Miles and Polly, while Mrs Barlow, the unseen daily help, is fleshed out.

I imagine these send-ups are brilliant — could Mrs Barlow be the murderer? As Tom Stoppard demonstrated with his early play The Real Inspector Hound, about two theatre critics who get caught up in the preposterous country-house murder mystery they are watching, The Mousetrap must be the most spoofable play ever written. A few days later, I get a taste of what an alternative Mousetrap might be like.

At a gala charity evening to mark the 25,th performance , an all-star cast — including Patrick Stewart, Julie Walters Iain Glen and Miranda Hart — perform a reduced version, running to 80 minutes rather than two hours. They are clutching scripts and have had hardly any rehearsal, but give a spirited account that points up the comedy. Sudden death seems even more inconsequential than usual.

Just before the gala, a memorial to Christie is unveiled close to St Martin's by her grandson, Mathew Prichard, to whom she gave the rights to The Mousetrap for his ninth birthday.

What a present! The statue, a bronze bust of the author set within a book, is monolithic and apparently immovable, but whether it will outlast her creation is a moot point. The Times, in a leader this week headlined "Mystery of The Mousetrap", anticipated the day when the show would finally close.

But will that day ever come? Managed properly, I think it will run for ever. The Mousetrap at why is this the world's longest-running play? Agatha Christie's whodunnit is 60 years old. What's the secret to its longevity? Stephen Moss goes behind the scenes, into 'the snow room' and off to the pub for a sing-song with the cast. The current West End cast of The Mousetrap, the world's longest-running stage play, warm up on set before a performance at St Martin's Theatre in London. Photograph: Frantzesco Kangaris for the Guardian.

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