‘And Then There Were None’ – NUTS Crush Christie Classic!

Resident thespians take on Agatha, with a directorial debut from Abi Hymas

Matt Miers Jones
27th January 2025
Image Credit: Sophie Watson
For Newcastle University Theatre Society’s last play of the semester, a fantastic cast and crew performed Agatha Christie’s murder mystery classic, And Then There Were None, at Newcastle High School for Girls. The show was outstanding, and as the play has no designated detective, no Hercule Poirot, it was engaging beyond belief. I went with my girlfriend, and the excitement and joy we got out of trying to guess the murderer was everything you wish for when going to see a murder mystery play.

Directed by Abi Hymas, And Then There Were None showed mastery in blocking, use of props, and costume in order to perform murders right in front of the audience’s eyes without us knowing. Despite this clever trickery, the play still made us feel like the clever ones. Audience members were provided with a nursery rhyme that was referred to throughout the play, and it felt like we got to use our own little clues to decipher who was next to die. The twist at the end paid off immensely, and although I’m sure it was followed by a sea of whispers of people saying, “I told you so,” I don’t think anyone truly saw it coming.

I truly would like to mention every actor’s name and say what they did that was brilliant, but unfortunately I don’t have enough words to do so. Charlotte Nicholson, Nye Taylor, Josh Marks, Finlay Worrallo, Cameron Judge, Emma Hughes, Ethan Wood, Grace Jolley, Tom Ashby, Scarlett Bancroft, and Alex Dale—you were all absolutely fantastic. From big things like elaborate deaths to small things like a flick of a gun that would be so easy to get wrong, you left my eyebrows raised in surprise all night.

Produced by Georgia Hoyle with tech by Alice Growth. Set by Lottie Forrest, stage managed by Emma Morgan, props by Leila Radwan, Costume by Hope Own-McNair, and Tech Supervised by Aidan Smith, every part of the world building that went into this production is to be applauded. Everything was just right.

Image Credit: Abi Hymas

I fear that in this review I’m doing a lot of mentioning names and not enough talking about what happened. I’m only doing this so that I can give as many people as I can in this production the credit that they deserve because there isn’t much more to say past it than that it was just wonderful. A night out at the theatre can be so rare for people, so to get the chance to see something as good as this for as cheap as the tickets are, it’s something that I think everyone that can afford to should do.

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