Shenzhen Business Daily Reading Client Reporter Liu Yuluan
"Murder on the Orient Express", "Nile Tragedy", "Roger's Mystery" ...... Lovers of detective mystery novels must be familiar with these works, and they are all written by the same writer - Agatha Christie. And the creation of classic settings such as "Blizzard Villa Mode" and "Nursery Rhyme Murder" is the "Queen of Crime" Agatha's highest-selling suspense mystery novel "No One Survives".
In 2024, "No One Survived", performed by the original card of London's West End, will come to China for the first time, and from May 9th to May 12th, the first stop of the national tour will land at the Poly Theater Cinema - Shenzhen Pingshan Grand Theater, with five consecutive performances. The confusing truth, the misty island, invites you to land.
The story of "No One Survives" takes place in 1939, when Europe is on the brink of war, and ten strangers are invited to the isolated island of Ten Soldiers off the coast of Devon, where the generous hosts, Mr. and Mrs. Owen, mysteriously disappear, while everyone present is accused of a terrible crime. When one of the guests dies suddenly, they realize that they may be walking with the killer. The successive deaths make them suspicious of each other and try to find out who is the killer - what secrets are hidden on this isolated island, who is the murderer, and why no one survives to the end......
Agatha Christie, the author of "No One Survives", a British writer known as the "Queen of Crime", affectionately known as "Grandma" by readers, is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, and the Guinness Book of World Records lists her as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, with novels sold more than 2 billion copies, including the world's longest-running drama "The Mousetrap" and the best-selling crime novel of all time, "No One Survives".
The director of the original West End play "No One Survives" is British theatre director Lucy Bailey, who founded the Gogmagos Theatre Music Ensemble, was the artistic director and co-founder of the Print Room Theatre in West London, and is known for her work on productions such as Baby Doll at the National Theatre. Lucy Bailey is known for her creativity, and many of her works are impressive. In 2006, he directed Shakespeare's "Titus Andronicus" (Titus Andronicus), directly adding a sunshade to Shakespeare's Globe Theater, manually controlling daylight, and adding incense to match the wind of death and dark temples, superimposing scenes of blood, murder and extreme violence on stage - it is reported that the highest number of people fainting in a single performance was 43. Previously, Lucy Bailey also directed Agatha Christie's work, the classic suspense drama "Witness for the Prosecution", and moved the performance venue directly to the 85-year-old London County Hall (London County Hall), where the audience worked part-time as a jury, which perfectly integrated with the plot and made this Agatha Christie masterpiece look new.
For the rehearsal of this new version of "No One Left Alive", director Lucy Bailey took a very novel approach - setting people in a room to watch their words and actions. "And what we've done is to integrate this room with nature. As the plot progresses, events naturally begin to take over, and you'll become less and less aware of the woman's existence and more aware of the island's identity. The director said.
"No One Survives" is on this round of China tour, and there are also British film and television actors, veteran actors, and West End actors joining in - Jeffrey Kisson, who has starred in the movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", Joseph Beattie, who has starred in the movie "After the Storm", Lucy Tregel, who has starred in the movie "Romeo and Juliet", Katie Stephens, Olivier Award winner, and Matt Weeland, who has starred in 8 British dramas...... Each actor will present a unique and exquisite performance.
【Performance Information】
Venue: Poly Theater Theater, Shenzhen Pingshan Grand Theater
Performance time: May 9, 2024 (Thursday) 19:30, May 10 (Friday) 19:30, May 11 (Saturday) 19:30, May 12 (Sunday) 14:30, May 12 (Sunday) 19:30
Duration: Approximately 145 minutes (including an intermission of 20 minutes) *Children under 1.1 meters are not allowed to enter *Recommended for ages 12 and above
Ticket price: 880/680/480/280/180 yuan
Ticket purchase method: Pingshan Grand Theater WeChat public account/theater official website/ticket window