ONE of Agatha Christie’s most exotic murder mysteries – Death on the Nile – comes to Bath Theatre Royal from Tuesday 21st to Saturday 25th October in a lavish new Fiery Angel production, starring Mark Hadfield as Hercule Poirot.

On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, 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?

A vastly experienced actor, who has played significant roles in Outlander on television and the critically acclaimed film Belfast, Mark Hadfield’s many theatre credits include Dr Strangelove (Noel Coward Theatre), Accidental Death of An Anarchist (Theatre Royal Haymarket) and Notes From A Small Island (Watermill Theatre). Mark has performed at the Theatre Royal Bath many times from The Miser in 1995 to Donkey’s Years in 2007 and more recently with The Tempest in 2012 and The Libertine in 2016, which transferred to the Haymarket.

Joining him on the cruise down the Nile will be Glynis Barber as Salome Otterbourne, Bob Barrett as Colonel Race, Libby Alexandra-Cooper, Camilla Anvar, Howard Gossington, Esme Hough, Helen Katamba, Nye Occomore, Nicholas Prasad and Terence Wilton.

This new adaptation of Death on the Nile has been written by Ken Ludwig. It is directed by Lucy Bailey and designed by Mike Britton, with lighting design by Oliver Fenwick, sound design by Mic Pool and movement direction by Liam Steele.

The long national tour opened at the Lowry in Salford in September and visits 21 more venues after Bath, finishing at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in May 2026.

Photographs by Manuel Harlan