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“Murder on the Orient Express to Embark on China Tour Following Successful UK & Ireland Run”

July 16, 20253 min read

Fiery Angel’s hit production of Ken Ludwig’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s *Murder on the Orient Express* will begin its China tour from October 8 to December 11, 2025. Directed by Lucy Bailey, the production will feature Michael Maloney reprising his role as Hercule Poirot. This marks the first English-language version of the play to be staged in China, presented in collaboration with RTS Entertainment and Agatha Christie Limited.The UK & Ireland tour lasted from September 2024 to May 2025 and was met with enthusiastic praise from both critics and audiences, selling over 170,000 tickets and generating £5.8 million in ticket sales. Notably, many attendees were new to the theatre, with first-time theatregoers making up 24% of ticket buyers in Southampton, 20% in Birmingham, and 13.5% in Glasgow.

The upcoming Chinese tour will visit 11 cities, including Suzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuxi, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Beijing. Tickets for the Shanghai show went on sale on June 25 and sold out four performances (7,500 tickets) in just eight minutes. Last year, Fiery Angel and RTS Entertainment introduced Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None to Chinese audiences, attracting over 63,000 viewers across 13 cities.

Edward Snape of Fiery Angel expressed his excitement about the partnership, stating, “We’re thrilled to collaborate again with RTS Entertainment and Boris Cao to bring Murder on the Orient Express to China. Lucy Bailey’s production received incredible acclaim during its 26-week UK tour, and we can’t wait to share it with Chinese audiences.”

Michael Maloney added, “It’s a tremendous honor to play Poirot in this production and to bring it to China. This captivating adaptation of a beautifully written story promises to delight audiences, and we hope to keep them guessing until the very end! Wo men jv chang jian (See you there!).”

Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s most celebrated works, renowned for its gripping final twist. Set in the winter of 1934, the story unfolds when an avalanche halts the train. An American tycoon is found murdered in his compartment, with eight stab wounds and the door locked from the inside. Trapped in the snow with a killer on board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, solve the mystery before the train reaches its destination?

This production is directed by Lucy Bailey (known for Witness for the Prosecution, And Then There Were None, and The Other Boleyn Girl) and features design work by Mike Britton, lighting by Oliver Fenwick, video by Ian Galloway, sound by Mic Pool, movement direction by Leah Hausman, casting by Abby Galvin, and assistant direction by Victoria Gartner.

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