Fans of cult BBC Sci-Fi series Blake’s 7 and ground-breaking ITV crime drama Dempsey & Makepeace will be able to see viewers’ favourite Glynis Barber back on stage in the forthcoming UK and Ireland Tour of Agatha Christie’s landmark whodunnit, Death On The Nile.
On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally resurface, can the world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?
Barber, who played Soolin in the BBC space opera and Sgt Harriet Makepeace in the ITV crime drama that teamed her up with now real life husband Michael Brandon as Lieutenant James Dempsey, will play Salome Otterbourne in the production, which opens at The Lowry in Salford on 26 September, before embarking on a 26 week tour.
The cast is led Mark Hadfield as Poirot) and completed by Bob Barrett as Colonel Race, Libby Alexandra-Cooper as Linnet Ridgeway, Camilla Anvar as Rosalie Otterbourne, Howard Gossington as Atticus Praed, Esme Hough as Jacqueline de Bellefort, Helen Katamba as Annabelle Pennington, Nye Occomore as Simon Doyle, Nicholas Prasad as Ramses Praed and Terence Wilton as Septimus Troy, with David Boyle, Max
Dinnen and Nadia Shash in the ensemble.
Death On The Nile reunites writer Ken Ludwig with director Lucy Bailey and producers Fiery Angel for the European premiere of a new adaptation of the globally celebrated Agatha Christie story.
TOUR SCHEDULE 2025
26 September- 4 October, Lowry Salford | 7-11 October, Richmond Theatre, London | 14-18 October, Milton Keynes Theatre | 21-25 October, Theatre Royal Bath | 4-8 November, Royal & Derngate Northampton | 11-15 November, Truro Hall for Cornwall | 18-22 November, Princess Theatre, Torquay | 25-29 November, New Theatre, Cardiff
TOUR SCHEDULE 2026
13-17 January, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford | 20-24 January, Canterbury Marlowe Theatre | 27-31 January, Chichester Festival Theatre | 3-7 February, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre | 10-14 February, Malvern Festival Theatre | 17-21 February, His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen | 24-28 February, Glasgow Theatre Royal | 3-7 March, York Grand Opera House | 10-14 March, Sheffield Lyceum | 24-28 March, Festival Theatre Edinburgh | 31 March-4 April, Theatre Royal Brighton | 7-11 April, The Alexandra, Birmingham | 14-18 April, Nottingham Theatre Royal | 21-25 April, Gaiety Theatre Dublin | 28 April-2 May, Belfast Grand Opera House | 5-9 May, Norwich Theatre Royal | 12-16 May, Cambridge Arts Theatre | 19-23 May, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Tickets for all venues here.
