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Susie Amy, Kate O’Mara, Mark Wynter et al. Set for UK Tour of Murder on the Nile

Kate O'Mara
(© Agatha Christie Theatre Company)
Kate O’Mara
(© Agatha Christie Theatre Company)

Susie Amy, Denis Lill, Ben Nealon, Chloe Newsome, Kate O’Mara, and Mark Wynter will star in The Agatha Christie Theatre Company’s UK tour of Murder on the Nile, beginning with an engagement at Theatre Royal, Windsor, January 10-21.

The play is set on board a steamer in Egypt as holidaying cleric Canon Pennefather finds himself on the trail of a ruthless murderer.


Amy is best known for her work on 71 Degrees North and Footballer’s Wives. Lill’s many television credits include The Royal and Doctor Who. Nealon portrayed Capt Jeremy Forsythe in the long running ITV drama Soldier Soldier. Newsome is known for her role as Vicky McDonald in Coronation Street. O’Mara is perhaps best remembered as Caress Morell on Dynasty. Wynter began his career as a popular recording artist with hits such as “Venus in Blue Jeans” and “Go Away Little Girl,” before transitioning into a stage and film actor.

Additional tour stops will include Theatre Royal, Bath (January 23-28); Richmond Theatre (January 30-February 4); Hall for Cornwall, Truro (February 6-11); Connaught Theatre, Worthing (February 13-18); Palace Theatre, Southend (February 20-25); Derby Theatre, Derby (February 27-March 3); Churchill Theatre, Bromley (March 5-10); Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (March 12-17); Civic Theatre, Darlington (March 19-24); Malvern Festival Theatre (March 26-31); New Theatre Wimbledon (April 2-7); Marina Theatre, Lowestoft (April 10-14); New Theatre, Cardiff (April 17-21); Floral Pavilion, New Brighton (April 23-28); Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (April 30-May 5); Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (May 21-26); Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham (May 28-June 2); Theatre Royal, Plymouth (June 5-9); Theatre Royal, Brighton (June 11-16); Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury (June 18-23); Glasgow Theatre (June 25-30); Milton Keynes Theatre (July 2-7); Swan Theatre, High Wycombe (July 9-14); and Newcastle Journal Tyne (July 23-28).