Glynis Barber and Bob Barrett will join Mark Hadfield on the stage at the Lowry as Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile comes to Salford.
Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective will visit the Lowry during its UK and Ireland Tour from Friday 26 September till Satuday 4 Ocotober 2025.
The show, Death On The Nile, will reunite writer Ken Ludwig, director Lucy Bailey and producers Fiery Angel in association with Agatha Christie Limited for the European premiere of a new adaptation of the globally celebrated Agatha Christie story on a nationwide tour.
Lowry audiences will be able to watch the performance, on board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, when 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?
For the famous Whodunit, Mark Hadfield as the Belgian detective, Hercules Poirot, he will be joined on stage by Glynis Barber as Salome Otterbourne and Bob Barrett as Poirot’s trusted friend, Colonel Race.
Glynis Barber became a household name when she starred opposite Michael Brandon in the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace.
More recent TV credits include series regulars Norma Crow in Hollyoaks, Gertrusha in NBC’s The Outpost and Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders.
And her previous brushes with Agatha Christie were when she starred as Cora van Stuyvesant in Agatha Christie’s Marple: Endless Night and as Lola Brewster in Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side.
Ahead of the performances at the Lowry, Glynis Barber said: “I couldn’t be more excited to be returning to the stage and working with the brilliant team at Fiery Angel and director Lucy Bailey.
“This iconic play from Agatha Christie’s phenomenal body of work keeps audiences on the edge of their seat and I can’t wait to be part of a cast that will bring this gripping drama to theatres all over the UK and Ireland.”
She will be joined on stage by Bob Barrett, who is best known as Sacha Levy in the long-running Holby City, a role he played from 2010 to 2022.
On film, he played George Bryan in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love, and most recently appeared in the UK & Ireland Tour of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and the UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, both directed by Lucy Bailey.
Continuing his run in Agatha Christie stage performances, Bob Barrett said: “To have the chance of being in one Agatha Christie tour, getting to work with the incomparable team of Lucy Bailey and Fiery Angel, was special.
“To get to be in three is a great privilege I shall never forget.”
The performance of Agatha Christie’s Death On The Nile will take to Lowry stage on Friday 26 September until Saturday 4 October.
Tickets to the show will start from £21 – with availabilty and further information being found here.
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