Producers Rebecca Stafford and Eleanor Lloyd are delighted to announce details of the fourteenth cast for Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall and the news that the acclaimed production will extend until 4 October 2026. The new cast will begin performances from 26 September this year. Tickets are on sale now at www.witnesscountyhall.com

This year marks 100 years since Agatha Christie’s story Witness for the Prosecution, originally titled Traitor Hands, was first published in a weekly detective magazine in 1925. A century later and the acclaimed stage production at the historic London County Hall is now in its 8th year and more popular than ever.

The new cast announced today includes Charlie Preston who makes his West End debut as the accused Leonard Vole opposite Lara Lemon (The Mousetrap, West End; The Diary of Anne Frank, Tabs Productions) who returns to the cast, this time as Romaine Vole, Roger May (The Pitmen Painters, New Vic Theatre; The Railway Children, Waterloo Station) to play Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC, Graham Seed (Bloody Difficult Women, Cahoots Theatre Company; The Archers, BBC Radio 4) as Mr Mayhew, Christopher Saul (As You Like It, King Lear and Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company; Oedipus, National Theatre) joins as Mr Justice Wainwright and Tom Godwin (Tina!, Aldwych Theatre; Woman in Black, Fortune Theatre) as Mr Myers QC.

The company is completed by Sahar Awad, William Bassoumba, Tuhin Chisti, Michael Fray, Caroline Guthrie, Sulin Hasso, Pena Iiyambo, Richard Keightley, Michael Otim-Okot, Sam Pay, Finn Torkington and Jn Young.

Since 2017 Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution has captured the imagination of audiences gripped by the case of Leonard Vole, accused of murder in cold blood. Director Lucy Bailey (And Then There Were None, UK Tour) thrillingly places the audience in the thick of the action as Christie’s enthralling tale of justice, passion and betrayal unfolds around them.   

The twists and turns of the case are played out in a spectacular courtroom setting inside the atmospheric London County Hall as prosecution battles defence and witnesses take the stand to give their shocking testimonies. The production received Best Revival nominations at the 2018 Olivier and WhatsOnStage Awards.

The production is designed by William Dudley, with lighting by Chris Davey, sound design by Mic Pool and casting by Ellie Collyer-Bristow CDG.