The Best Defence Is A Killer Offense

Court is in session at the Shaw Festival's Royal George Theatre as this classic Agatha Christie story unravels this season, directed by Alistair Newton.The author's favorite of her works, Witness for the Prosecution dates back to a short story first published in 1925 before being adapted for the stage in 1953. With a gripping storyline full of twists and turns, it's a classic thriller that'll have you on the edge of your seat until its explosive ending.

What's the story?

Well, we can't tell you everything, but we can say this is a classic Christie mystery! When an older woman is dead, the police suspect her much younger lover. Join Leonard Vole as he is summoned to trial where he'll plead his case and hope to escape a definitive ending at the end of the hangman's rope.