Bold new twist on Agatha Christie’s The Hollow for the stage

Following a string of sell-out tours including And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, acclaimed producers Fiery Angel reunite with director Lucy Bailey to bring one of Agatha Christie’s most psychologically complex and provocative mysteries to the stage.

Adapted by Tamsin Oglesby, casting for The Hollow, widely regarded as one of Christie’s most subtly unsettling works, will be announced at a later date.

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The story

Renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot arrives at what he expects to be a peaceful country retreat, yet instead finds himself drawn into one of the most disturbing cases of his career. At The Hollow, an elegant English country estate, a glittering group of guests gather for a summer weekend. The lawns glow in the sunshine, laughter drifts through the gardens, and polite society performs its familiar rituals. But beneath the charm, emotions are running dangerously high.

Old resentments linger unresolved. New rivalries form. Dangerous infatuations take root. As the evening unfolds, tensions tighten and passions flare until a gunshot shatters the tranquillity.

A body is discovered. A revolver lies in an unsteady hand. At first glance, the crime appears shockingly simple, almost too obvious - a scene that seems carefully arranged. But appearances deceive, and Poirot quickly realises that nothing about this case is straightforward.

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. It is a sharply observed and deeply unsettling drama that reveals a fascinatingly different side of my great-grandmother’s writing. We’re excited for audiences across the UK and Ireland to experience it afresh.”

Lucy Bailey, who has now directed five Christie stage thrillers, describes The Hollow as one of the author’s most powerful stories. She said: “At first it looks like a traditional country-house mystery but it’s something far richer: a portrait of a family clinging to a fading world, caught between nostalgia and the pull of the future.

“Comedy, melancholy and long-buried tensions simmer beneath the surface until a sudden act of violence shatters the illusion of civility.”