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The Hollow
A new version by Tamsin Oglesby
Agatha Christie's The Hollow to Tour UK & Ireland Theatres Until May 2027
Following sell-out tours of And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, producers Fiery Angel and director Lucy Bailey (director of the hit London show Witness for the Prosecution) partner once again to bring one of Agatha Christie’s psychologically complex mysteries to the stage.
About the Plot
Renowned detective Hercule Poirot expected a quiet break in the country; instead he's drawn into one of the most unsettling cases of his career.
At The Hollow, an elegant country estate, a glamorous circle of guests gather together one summer evening. But beneath the sunlit charm, something darker coils. Old passions refuse to die. New rivalries ignite. Dangerous infatuations take hold. Then — a shot rings out.
A body is discovered. A smoking revolver in an unsteady hand. The scene appears almost staged; a shockingly straightforward crime… it is anything but.
Meet the Cast
Two-time Olivier Award nominee Peter Polycarpou will play Agatha Christie's legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the UK & Ireland tour of The Hollow.
Peter Polycarpou’s recent stage credits include Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and Hello, Dolly!, while his screen work includes House of the Dragon, The Diplomat, The Brutalist and Evita. He received Olivier nominations for his performances in Oslo and The Band's Visit.
Joining Peter are Luke Allen-Gale as John Cristow/Inspector, Victoria Blunt as Henrietta Angkatell, James Clyde as Gudgeon, Grace Darling as Midge, Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Veronica Craye, Sarah Moyle as Lady Lucy Angkatell, Noella Naibaho as Doris/Understudy, Michael Praed as Sir Henry Angkatell, James Sheldon as Edward Angkatell, Tilly Steele as Gerda Cristow, Paula Hines as Ensemble/Understudy, Adam Lloyd-James as Ensemble/Understudy and Hugh Osborne as Ensemble/Understudy.
Book Tickets
2026
9-17 October Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
20-24 October Hall For Cornwall, Truro
27-31 October Richmond Theatre, London
3-7 November Grand Opera House, Belfast
10-14 November Theatre Royal, Newcastle
17-21 November New Theatre, Cardiff
24-28 November Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
2027
12-16 January Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
19-23 January Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
26-30 January Theatre Royal, Nottingham
2-6 February Theatre Royal, Brighton
9-13 February Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
23-27 February His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen
2-6 March Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
16-20 March Malvern Theatres, Malvern
23-27 March Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
30 March - 3 April Theatre Royal, Bath
13-17 April Theatre Royal, Plymouth
20-24 April The Lowry, Salford
27 April - 1 May Leeds Playhouse
4-8 May Theatre Royal, Norwich
11 - 15 May The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
18-22 May Grand Opera House, York
25-29 May Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Visit the official tour website for more details: Agatha Christie's The Hollow UK & Ireland Tour
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Production Information
Agatha Christie’s masterpiece The Hollow is coming to UK theatres in a new version by Tamsin Oglesby (Future Conditional, Old Vic Theatre and Really Old, Like Forty Five, National Theatre). The production will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour, opening at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury on 9 October 2026 before touring nationwide into 2027.
Follow the tour on Instagram for the latest updates: @thehollowplay.
The Hollow is produced by Fiery Angel in association with Agatha Christie Limited and the Marlowe Theatre Canterbury. It will be directed by Lucy Bailey, designed by Joanna Parker with lighting designed by Chris Davey and casting by Ginny Schiller.
As Death on the Nile continues its hugely successful tour, we are thrilled to be working once again with Lucy Bailey and Fiery Angel on this bold new production of The Hollow. A sharply observed and unsettling drama, it showcases a fascinatingly different facet of my great grandmother’s storytelling, and we are excited for audiences across the UK and Ireland to experience it anew.
The Hollow is one of Agatha Christie’s most powerful stories. At first glance it appears to be a classic country-house mystery, but it’s something far richer, a portrait of a family clinging to a fading world, caught between nostalgia and the unsettling pull of the future. Christie gathers a circle of brilliantly drawn characters to an English country estate and lets comedy, melancholy and long-buried family tensions simmer until a sudden act of violence shatters the illusion of civility. At the centre is Henrietta, a strikingly modern artist, fiercely independent and watching the emotional chaos around her. When the unthinkable happens, it falls to the incomparable Hercule Poirot to unravel the truth. It’s a story about people trapped between the lives they have and the lives they longed for. That tension makes The Hollow feel startlingly contemporary.
