Agatha Christie’s The Hollow will play at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham from 2 to 6 March 2027 as part of a major UK and Ireland tour.
Produced by Fiery Angel, the new staging reunites the team behind recent touring hits And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, with director Lucy Bailey returning to helm the production.
Adapted by Tamsin Oglesby, the play brings one of Christie’s most psychologically complex stories to the stage, blending mystery with an exploration of family tensions and hidden desires.
The drama follows Hercule Poirot, who finds his peaceful country retreat interrupted by a murder at an elegant estate where a group of guests have gathered.
What initially appears to be a straightforward crime soon reveals itself to be far more unsettling, as buried passions, rivalries and dangerous infatuations come to the surface.
Casting for the production will be announced at a later date.
James Prichard of Agatha Christie Limited said: “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.”
Director Lucy Bailey added: “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.”
The production is designed by Joanna Parker, with lighting design by Chris Davey and casting by Ginny Schiller.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
