CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET ??? (Mousetrap)

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Product:	Mousetrap
Date:	20/12/01 (414 review reads)
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Advantages: Great Play suprised me.

Disadvantages: Bit expensive but well worth it.

I am not one for following old English culture and going to things such as Theatres and Plays after all they are just for rich people to go and see are they not weel I was pleasently suprised by my first visit to a Theatre.

I was sitting there trying to think of something to do on a Saturday night other than going down the pub or out to a club seeing as I had already drunk far to much at the Christmas do the other day.
I trawled the internet for an hour or so and was convinced by a friend who was to join me that the Theatre would make a change well I laughed but went along with it and logged onto the evening standard website to see what was showing in London and finally we decided that MouseTrap Agatha Christies best ever kept secret play and a typical who did it?.

MouseTrap is in it's 50th year of showing at St Martins Theatre near Leicester Square Underground Station so after booking our tickets at £26 each (yes a bit steep) online away we went to have a spot of dinner before going to collect our tickets from the box office.

When we went into the theatre it was like stepping back in time to the 1920s with original decor and only what seemed like a few well carried out repairs.
After wetting the whistle in the bar we took our seats and waited for the show to start and I must admit I was very apprehensive about it.
When the curtain finally went up the scenery was brilliant and looked like a real room set in an old english manor house being used as a guest house which was being opened for the first time by a newly wed couple with more than a few secrets from each other.

Now how do I describe the play without giving the plot away well the acting was brilliant especially the old Major who really lightens things up with some really witty humour.

Well things start to go wrong when the guests arrive and what a weird bunch they are all with their own funny ways and none really liking the other then things take a
turn for the worst when a policeman comes to investigate a murder that occured in London the night before but why is he there out in a small country manor looking for the killer have they taken refuge or is something more sinister afoot.

This play is fantastic and I bet you will never guess who dunnit especially as everyone in the play is a suspect and all seem to have good motive for the killing and when one of the residents is then killed the investigation and twists really begin.

I was pleasently suprised by the quality of a play that is 50 years old and with the theatre in general but I do feel that they should be made cheaper to allow everyone the chance to see great plays such as this.
Mousetrap is one of Agatha Christies plays never to be made film or book so that really adds to the intrigue of it and how you may ask do they keep whodunnit secret well a word in your ear of course.

If you really want to wrap your head around a good investigation and have a good night out then go see Mousetrap and learn the best kept secret in showbusiness for yourself but remember mums the word.

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