From the producers of the hugely successful Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap comes a brand-new production of Agatha Christie’s best-selling crime novel of all time, And Then There Were None, opening at Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre in February 2025 and Sydney Theatre Royal from May 2025.
Ten people are lured to a solitary mansion on an island off the English coast, when a storm cuts them off from the mainland. The true reason for their presence on the island soon becomes horribly clear.
First adapted for the stage in 1943, this new production directed by Australian theatrical icon Robyn Nevin (The Mousetrap) is a gorgeously grim thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
“And Then There Were None marks the return of the great Agatha Christie to the stage. So naturally, following the huge success of The Mousetrap which she directed, I wanted to reunite acclaimed theatre Director Robyn Nevin with one of the greatest, edge-of-your-seat thrillers Agatha Christie ever wrote,” explained Producer John Frost.
“The Mousetrap was a joy to direct: complex characters, each carrying a secret. One was murdered, one was the killer. That is a mystery. This is a thriller. Christie at her finest. It’s a triumph of plotting and suspense. I’m thrilled to be directing this thriller,” said Director Robyn Nevin.
Robyn Nevin AO is one of the most prominent and prolific artistic figures Australia has produced. As a director, she has run two state theatre companies and directed Cate Blanchett in Hedda Gabler which toured to New York in 2006. As an actress, Robyn has played leading roles for all of Australia’s major theatre companies since the early sixties, appearing also in London’s West End and in the US, including Carnegie Hall in New York.
Her many memorable roles include Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Miss Docker in A Cheery Soul, Maria Callas in Masterclass, Hecuba in Barrie Kosky’s Women Of Troy, Mary Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, with William Hurt, Didion’s one-woman play The Year Of Magical Thinking, Lally Katz’s Neighbourhood Watch at Belvoir Theatre, Emma in Neil Armfield’s celebrated production of Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll also for Belvoir, Queen Lear in Queen Lear at Melbourne Theatre Company, Mrs Venables in Suddenly Last Summer for the Sydney Theatre Company at the Sydney Opera House, Kate in All My Sons and The Fool in STC’s LEAR with Geoffrey Rush. In 2016 Robyn played Mrs Higgins in Julie Andrews’ acclaimed production of My Fair Lady, which toured Australia. In 2020 she played in the widely acclaimed A German Life, a one-woman play by Christopher Hampton, produced by Crossroads Live and directed by Neil Armfield for his Adelaide Festival.
On screen Robyn has appeared in the iconic Australian films The Castle, Careful He Might Hear You, The Eye of the Storm, Emerald City, The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith and the 2003 Matrix movies. More recently she starred opposite Emily Mortimer and Bella Heathcote in the horror movie Relic which opened in SUNDANCE in 2020, the new Australian film The Appleton Ladies Potato Race and horror-genre film, STING.
Robyn’s television credits include the award-winning series Water Under The Bridge, Halifax, Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake, The Turning with Cate Blanchett and Richard Roxburgh, The End and as Nanny Margaret in three award-winning seasons for the ABC of Upper Middle Bogan. Her awards for best actress include the Helpmann, Sydney Critics’ and Green Room awards; she received a Sydney Myer Performing Arts award and a Sammy and a Logie Award for Water Under the Bridge.
As director she has been Artistic Director and CEO of two state theatre companies. She led the Queensland Theatre company for three years and then the Sydney Theatre Company for nine years, where she created the celebrated Actors Company in 2003. For this ensemble she directed the inaugural production of Mother Courage.
Her most recent directing credit is for her highly acclaimed production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap which toured Australia for Crossroads Live. For her contribution to the arts, she was a recipient of a Keating Fellowship, made an Honorary Doctor of Literature at the University of Tasmania and has been acknowledged by the Australian Government with an Officer of the Order of Australia award.
With over 100 million copies sold, And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie has been translated into multiple languages and adapted for film and television many times and is the best-selling crime novel of all time. In 2015 And Then There Were None was voted the World’s Favourite Agatha Christie story in a global vote which saw fans from over 100 countries vote.
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