Lancaster Footlights presents Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web at Lancaster Grand from October 3rd – 11th 2025.

Clarissa, married to a top diplomat, loves to spin tales just like a spider spins a web. However, when someone is murdered right in her drawing room, that’s another matter! Live drama is so much harder to cope with! Her house guests help her try and dispose of the body before her husband gets back but they are interrupted by the arrival of Detective Brown who was told there has been a murder! Hilarity ensues […] “Spider’s Web” is Christie’s second most successful play (744 performances), surpassed only by the record-breaking “The Mousetrap”. 

Christie is well known as one of Britain’s best loved authors, with her own estate claiming the title of ‘Queen of Crime’ for the writer. Her characters of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple are known across the globe. Spider’s Web, however, was written for a specific actress, Margaret Lockwood, who had appeared in many films, but wished to increase her theatre repertoire, asking Christie to write a play for her. Must be nice to have that sort of clout and for a request like that to bear fruit!

The cast have been having a lot of fun rehearsing, and are excited to bring the play to the stage.

“The Spider’s Web has been great fun to rehearse and the cast have all been brilliant to work with. The show itself has all of the usual murder mystery trappings – secret passageways, invisible ink, and more than a few red herrings! What I’ve particularly enjoyed is the humour, as there is much more to be found in The Spider’s Web than in most other Christie plays!” – Ian Brown, Inspector Lord

• Photos by J L Park Photography and Bradverts Multimedia

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