The Mousetrap – Sheffield Lyceum
With plenty of suspenseful twists and turns, Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’ creeps into the Sheffield Lyceum Theatre this cold, but alas not-so-snowy, November. With ‘The Mousetrap’ being the longest-running West End Show, now on tour to celebrate its 75th anniversary, it’s an understatement to say that it keeps audiences coming back for more year after year. Although no secrets shall be revealed in the following review, I myself left mildly surprised, yet mostly unsure as to what to make of the final few minutes of the show, having to look around the audience to make sure the show was indeed over. With visually pleasing, balanced direction by Hannah Chissick, produced by Brian Fenty, it is certainly what one could only describe as a “classic murder mystery”.
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