Mousetrap still drawing 'em in

The world's longest continuous theatre production celebrates fifty-six years since its first showing today. The Mousetrap was first performed on Tuesday, November 25, 1952, at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The Ambassadors Theatre was the venue for The Mousetrap for the final time on 23rd March, 1974. The following day, Agatha Christie's Whodunit transferred next door to St Martin's Theatre, where it has been performed ever since.

The Mousetrap has passed numerous milestones, including its 25th anniversary in 1977 and its 20,000th performance in 2000.

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister when The Mousetrap was first shown. Gordon Brown is the twelfth occupant of Ten Downing Street during the production's record breaking run. The production has not even reached retirement age yet (60 for women and 65 years of age for men in Britain) and there is no sign that the record breaking is set to stop.

Independent travellers can hear more about St Martin's Theatre with the Museums, Galleries & Performing Arts, London travel guide.

The Museums, Galleries & Performing Arts mp3 guided tour starts outside the National Gallery. Listeners are then guided via the National Portrait Gallery to Leicester Square. See a statue of the bard and an Englishman who made it big on the other side of the pond. To hear a short audio extract from the podcast guided tour please click here.

Listeners then walk onto St Martin's Theatre. Other highlights on the tour include London's centre of street theatre, Covent Garden, the Royal Opera House and Bow Street. The Museums, Galleries & Performing Arts London city guide concludes in front of the British Museum.

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