st martins theatre london / the mousetrap

Where: West Street, WC2H 9NZ

What: Spend an evening in the company of a classic Agatha Christie suspense thriller. A group of people are gathered together at Christmas in remote hotel. They soon discover that there is a murderer in their midst. The question, as always, is which one of them is the guilty party.

The mousetrap has a brilliantly intricate plot, where murder lurks around every corner, twist and turn. You'd think audiences would know "whodunnit" by now, but after fifty years and more than 20,000 performance they're still queing around the block for the world's longest running play.

Nearest underground station: Leicester Square

Show times: Monday - Saturday 20:00, plus Tuesday 14:45 & Saturday 17:00

Running time: 2 hours 15 minutes

Ticket prices (face value): Monday -Thursday £11.50 - 28.50, Friday & Saturdsay £13.50 - £31.50.

Theatre booking line: 0870 162 8787

Where to: buy london theatre tickets