Murder on the Orient Express

Theatre Boško Buha - Theatre Vuk

The 1930s. The elegant train, the Orient Express, is forced to unexpectedly stop due to heavy snow. A murder occurs, and Poirot's journey home, which was supposed to be quite peaceful, becomes the scene of another case to be solved. The train is full of suspects, each of whom seemingly has an unbreakable alibi. Poirot's journey begins in Istanbul, and the rest of the story unfolds nowhere else but in Yugoslavia, between Vinkovci and Brod.

Of the 60 crime novels written by Agatha Christie, in as many as 33, the mystery was solved by the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, and many consider 'Murder on the Orient Express' to be her best work. This theatrical adaptation was written by Ken Ludwig, a famous contemporary playwright, known to our audience for very successful performances 'Lend Me a Tenor' at the National Theatre in Sombor (directed by Olja Đorđević) and 'Moon Over Buffalo' at the National Theatre in Subotica (directed by Darijan Mihajlović). As an excellent playwright, Ken Ludwig has brought out the comedy from Agatha Christie's mystery. Even Northrop Frye compared mystery and comedy, finding great similarities between these two genres: both start from a normal social situation, which is somehow disrupted, and then the characters strive to restore balance. Agatha Christie created comic, extravagant, and 'elevated' characters, and our ensemble is very inclined to interpreting these types of characters.