Fourteenth cast announced for Agatha Christie's WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

Details of the fourteenth cast for Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall have been announced, along with the news that the acclaimed production will extend until 4 October 2026.

The new cast will begin performances from 26 September this year.

This year marks 100 years since Agatha Christie’s story Witness for the Prosecution, originally titled Traitor Hands, was first published in a weekly detective magazine in 1925. A century later and the acclaimed stage production at the historic London County Hall is now in its 8th year and more popular than ever.

The new cast announced today includes Charlie Preston who makes his West End debut as the accused Leonard Vole, opposite Lara Lemon (The Mousetrap, West End) who returns to the cast, this time as Romaine Vole, Roger May (The Railway Children, Waterloo Station) as Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC, Graham Seed (Bloody Difficult Women, Cahoots Theatre Company) as Mr Mayhew, Christopher Saul (Oedipus, National Theatre) joins as Mr Justice Wainwright, and Tom Godwin (Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, West End) as Mr Myers QC.

The company is completed by Sahar Awad, William Bassoumba, Tuhin Chisti, Michael Fray, Caroline Guthrie, Sulin Hasso, Pena Iiyambo, Richard Keightley, Michael Otim-Okot, Sam Pay, Finn Torkington, and Jolyon Young.

Since 2017 Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution has captured the imagination of audiences gripped by the case of Leonard Vole, accused of murder in cold blood. The show is more popular than ever with almost every show selling out. Director Lucy Bailey thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action as Christie’s enthralling tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds around them.   

The twists and turns of the case are played out in a spectacular courtroom setting inside the atmospheric London County Hall as prosecution battles defence and witnesses take the stand to give their shocking testimonies.

The production is designed by William Dudley, with lighting by Chris Davey, sound by Mic Pool, and casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG.

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