The Must-Book Shows Coming to Newcastle Theatre Royal This New Year
Start the new year with a touch of drama and intrigue...
Michael Maloney (Belfast; Young Victoria; The Crown) stars as the celebrated Belgian sleuth in Murder on the Orient Express when it visits Newcastle Theatre Royal (Tuesday 14th–Saturday 18th January 2025).
Winter 1934. An avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer on board, can Hercule Poirot, the world’s most famous detective, solve the mystery before the train reaches its final destination?
One of Agatha Christie’s greatest achievements. With a final twist among her very best, this gripping and masterfully cryptic murder mystery promises a thrilling ride to keep you guessing until the end of the line. Following the sell-out tour of And Then There Were None in 2023, this Christie classic is set to be another Newcastle fan-favourite, so don’t miss out on tickets!
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Sebastian Faulks’s novel of the same name, Birdsong, the epic story of love and loss, is set against the backdrop of the First World War. It also takes to the Newcastle Theatre Royal stage (Tuesday 21st–Saturday 25th January 2025).
Award-winning actor Max Bowden, best known for the role of Ben Mitchell in EastEnders, leads a powerful cast, including James Esler (Litvinenko) and Charlie Russell (The Goes Wrong Show; And Then There Were None), in the mesmerising story of love and courage.
The acclaimed production tells the story of young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, as he embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire which turns their world upside down. As the war breaks out over the idyll of his former life, Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle as his world explodes around him.
