After the national success of her production of The Mousetrap in 2022-23, director Robyn Nevin returns with another Agatha Christie play.

While The Mousetrap is a murder mystery set in a cosy old country house, And Then There Were None is a thriller that unfolds in a glamorous, light-filled art deco pile by the sea. Its story is also rather more bleak.

Otherwise there’s more of the same: clear, well-structured narrative, dated British dialogue and milieu, a solid cast with impeccable period accents, in a production that embraces the simplicity of theatre from decades ago, including minimal soundscaping.

So it might seem a bit creaky to some, but for those who enjoyed Nevin’s Mousetrap (or Gaslight, last year’s mid-20th century sinister British theatre revival) it’s jolly good entertainment.

And Then There Were None. Photo © Jeff Busby

Adapted from the hugely popular 1939 novel by Christie herself, And Then There Were None premiered in London four years later.

Two servants and eight guests gather in a house on an island with no connection to the mainland (even by phone), and...