Murder on the Orient Express
directed by Kevin Tanner
Oct. 20,21,22,27,28,29, Nov. 3,4, 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 5, 2:00 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
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This is Ken Ludwig's clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic and boasts all the glamour, intrigue and suspense of Dame Agatha's celebrated novel with a healthy dose of humour to quicken the pace.
The luxurious train "The Orient Express" is stalled by snow overnight on the tracks. In the morning there is one passenger less and Christie's famous detective Hercule Poirot must interrupt his trip home to London from the Middle East to search for the murderer among the strange and exotic group of remaining passengers. Everyone has a motive—and everyone has an alibi.
One of Agatha Christie's best-known novels, Murder on the Orient Express was first published in the United Kingdom in January 1934, appearing later that year in the United States under the title Murder on the Calais Coach. In 1995 the novel was included in the Mystery Writers of America's The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time list, and in December 2014 Entertainment Weekly included it in its list of the Nine Great Christie Novels.
The novel has been adapted for radio, television, film and the stage, including movie versions in 1974 and 2017 and Ken Ludwig's stage adaptation, which premiered at the McCarter Theater in Princeton, N.J., in 2017.
Left to right: Neil McCarney, Bailey Bieganek, Brayah Pickard, Martha Bailey, Terry Wade, Michelle Freedman, Lynn Kerr, Gene Lee, Garrett McCrea. |
Cast |
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| Hercule Poirot | Terry Wade |
| Monsieur Bouc | Matt Salton |
| Mary Debenham | Michelle Freedman |
| Princess Dragomiroff | Martha Bailey |
| Greta Ohlsson | Brayah Pickard |
| Colonel Arbuthnot/Samuel Ratchett | Garrett McCrea |
| Hector MacQueen | Gene Lee |
| Countess Andrenyi | Bailey Bieganek |
| Helen Hubbard | Lynn Kerr |
| Michel the Conductor/Head Waiter | Neil McCarney |
Production Crew |
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| Producers | Michael Catlin Dylan Chenier |
| Director | Kevin Tanner |
| Stage Manager | Bridget Overvelde |
| Asst. Stage Manager | Carolyn Burley Lisa Murphy |
| Set & Lighting Design | Kevin Tanner |
| Sound Design & Operation | Michael Gourgon |
| Costume Design | Kathy Yan Li Claudia Wade |
| Properties & Set Dressing | Bob Brooks Michael Catlin Liz Schell Kathy Yan Li |
| Lighting Operation | Lloyd Balme James Leslie |
| Chief Carpenter | James Gow |
| Set Construction | Bob Brooks Grant Buckler Dave Downey Lorna Jodoin Douglas McNichol Wayne Orr |
| Set Painting | Michael Catlin Dylan Chenier Kathy Yan Li |
| Lobby/Enhanced Program Photography | Tim Fort |
| Archival/Promotional Photography | Grant Buckler |
| Poster Design | Katie Flower-Smith |
| Lobby Artist | Liz Schell |
| Handout Program Design | Dylan Chenier |
| Enhanced Digital Program Design | Douglas Connors |