The longest running play in London

The longest running play in London

And the longest running play in London is… The Mousetrap. Even when I read this I was, to say the least, surprised. In fact Mousetrap has been running in London since, yes – wait for it, 1952!

This is, by any stretch of imagination a very long time for a stage production of this calibre to be running in one city. Most London plays run for no more than a few weeks, with some lasting a few months (usually less than a year) and the odd one lasting for a small number of years, say three.

But the longest running play in London has beaten all other productions by a long way. However, it is not hard to understand why. The fact that it is based on work by the great Agatha Christie is only one of the many contributing factors.

As the longest running play in London, the Mousetrap had to be good and good it certainly is. Perhaps one of the most intriguing things about this famous London play is its twist ending, which the audience are asked not to divulge to others once they have left the theatre.

Originally a radio play that was aired the first time in 1947 under the name of Three Blind Mice, the longest running play in London made its stage debut in the West End of London in 1952 and has been running without any breaks ever since.

Now having amassed no less than twenty-four thousand performances, the longest running play in London has more than done justice to Agatha Christie and her murder mystery story.

Buy cheap tickets for the longest running play in London here.