The Mousetrap (West End) London Reviews and Tickets
Show-Score Member Reviews (240)
See it if you want to experience the best of West End. The show, the theatre and floor staffs are all very traditional style in a good way.
Don't see it if you are looking for famous actors or concert style musicals, you may get bored even though actors are more than just good.
See it if Murder mystery
Don't see it if N/A
See it if If you love whodunnit and Agatha Christie!
Don't see it if If you are not a big whodunnit fan.
See it if You like Agatha Christie and enjoy a murder mystery.
Don't see it if You don’t enjoy murder mysteries or want a more breathtaking showstopper show.
See it if u enjoy well-made mysteries. They r rare & hard to do well in a theatre.
Don't see it if I've voluntarily seen this production 5x over 35 years, but the level of acting has dimished to that of an overacted carnival ride. Sad. Read more
See it if You like a bit of slap stick or old fashioned acting
Don't see it if Hammy acting
See it if You love mysteries. The play may not be as novel as it once was, but there's still a lot of fun to be had.
Don't see it if Parts of the play, due to the nature of Whodunnits, can be slow. If you need constant excitement or laughs, this isn't the show for you Read more
See it if you want to enjoy a part of theatrical history and be entertained by a wonderful group of actors.
Don't see it if you want a fast paced, current new play.
Critic Reviews (5)
“The eight-strong cast, as well as the director, changes regularly and if ‘fresh’ might be something of a stretch, the first half of Ross’s production is certainly spritely enough, as it sets in motion what looks to be a briskly efficient country house murder mystery...Unfortunately the second half gets increasingly creaky before a highly unconvincing, not to mention oddly peremptory ending. The cast play their roles, which are largely character types, with precision."
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“’The Mousetrap’ provides what a theatre museum cannot...A piece of stage life lifted wholesale from the past, a piece that carries the DNA of the first performance, that has not been re-created but continuously re-enacted. Some of what is seen is the stuffiness that gives the overmaligned 50s a bad name...What makes it still enjoyable, for all the creaks, are Christie's puzzle plotting, the soothing certainty of resolution, and one surprise that is never mentioned.”
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How has this English country-house whodunnit lasted? By telling a clear yarn with a twist. Politics is absent. Not a single swear word. A solid set. No damn puppets.
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“The real mystery...is not whodunit but, in its currently mediocre state, whydoit at all...This is a walking, talking piece of theatre history and the most expensive museum exhibit in London...A thin and campy shadow of its former self, whose creaks arise from cliché not suspense. Christie's best thrillers have a psychological conviction and a subtle sense of evil that the current cast shelve in favour of xenophobic exaggeration or dullness."
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“Those familiar with the Christie canon will find it easy to spot the murderer among this roll-call but this is not the only point of seeing the production. This is a beautifully preserved example of a country house murder mystery, a throwback to theatre going in the thirties. And should a disgruntled cab-driver tell you whodunnit there are several other moments of suspense and surprise in store to keep you guessing...An entertaining night out.”
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