Leader Weekends: Theatre Review (Mousetrap's 70th & From Here to Eternity)

<p>The world’s longest-running show, The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie, celebrates 70 years, and the “untraditional” new musical 'From Here to Eternity' – with music that could leave you “tapping your feet”.</p><br><p>This week, chief theatre critic Nick Curtis is joined by Nick Clark, deputy culture editor, to unpick two more shows from London.</p><br><p><strong>Part 1: From Here to Eternity, the musical by Tim Rice and Stuart Brayson - The Charing Cross Theatre</strong></p><ul><li>From Here to Eternity, the story set around the time of Pearl Harbour</li><li>Why it’s an untraditional musical and not based on the film</li><li>The intimacy of using Charing Cross Theatre, the production, the staging, and bringing the audience inside the story</li><li>Why it’s all about the music and not all about the performances</li><li>Does the show lack jeopardy?</li><li>Which male cast member looks “like a love child of Benedict Cumberbatch and Will Poulter”?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Part 2: Celebrating 70 years of The Mousetrap – St. Martin’s Lane Theatre</strong></p><ul><li>Marking 70 years of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap – the world’s longest-running show</li><li>What The Mousetrap is about and the “Cluedo” characters</li><li>2022: The marketing, the history, selfies and “adding a knowing wink to the audience”</li><li>How Christie underestimated the length of time the play would actually run</li><li>The cultural phenomenon of The Mousetrap and surviving Covid 19</li><li>Can you even review The Mousetrap?</li><li>How radical Agatha’s writing is and why those who enjoy Poirot would really enjoy this play</li><li>Which Broadway show does The Mousetrap beat in longevity?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>What show should you see this Christmas?</p><br><p>Well, this is your weekly Theatre Review from the Evening Standard.</p><br><p>Visit&nbsp;<a href="http://standard.co.uk/culture" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">standard.co.uk/culture</a>&nbsp;or find us on Twitter #TheLeaderPodcast</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; fon