And Then There Were None

 

by Agatha Christie
directed by Matt Salton
Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 20-Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON

Agatha Christie's theatrical adaptation from her original novel is a sinister, yet darkly playful mystery wherein no one's life is safe and no one is above suspicion.

Eight strangers with no apparent ties to each other are lured under false pretenses to a weekend getaway to a country home on isolated Soldier Island. Upon their arrival, they become dismayed to learn the only other residents on the island are two house servants and that their host and hostess are remarkably absent.

There is a curious decorative choice in the main room of the home—a framed nursery rhyme called "Ten Little Soldiers" that hangs above the fireplace along with matching figurines on the mantelpiece.

As the night grows dark, these ten strangers discover they are all pawns in an elaborate, Machiavellian plot with the intent to kill each of them one by one until there is no one left. Marooned and isolated, what was once a disparate group now finds they must choose alliances and trust each other if they are ever to survive the weekend.

And Then There Were None was originally a novel, published in 1939. It is among Agatha Christie's best-known novels and often considered to be one of her best. She herself said it was the most difficult to write of all her books. Christie wrote the first stage adaptation in 1943, with some changes from the original plot.

Cast

Rogers - Garrett McCrea

Mrs. Rogers - Sarah Knight

Fred Narracott - Robert McMahon

Vera Claythorne - Hannah Smith

Philip Lombard - Graham Banville

Anthony Marston - Oliver Parkins

William Blore - Damien Schaefer

General Mackenzie - Barry Yuen

Emily Brent - Lyndsay Byrne

Sir Lawrence Wargrave - Terry Wade

Dr. Armstrong - Douglas Connors

Voice - Mary Barclay

Production Crew

Producers - Liz Schell, John Corrigan

Director - Matt Salton

Stage Manager - Angelika Roberts

Set Design - James Gow

Lighting Design - Bob Brooks

Sound Design - Lorna Jodoin

Costume Design - Krista Berg

Set Dressing - Liz Schell, Whitney Purdy

Props - Gaby Parker

Chief Carpenter - Mark Stanford

Lighting Operator - Liz Martin

Sound Operator - James Leslie, Lorna Jodoin

Set Builders - Bob Brooks, Grant Buckler, John Corrigan, James Gow, Lorna Jodoin, D.T. McNichol

Set Painters - Lily Baird, John Corrigan, Andrew Deveaux, James Gow, Pat Hurley, Liz Schell

Dialect Coach - Frances Berry

Lobby Photography - Claudia Wade

Archival Photography - Grant Buckler

Poster Design - Katie Flower-Smith

Lobby Art Curator - Karen Peperkorn

Front of House Coordinator - Steve Powell