The Lady Vanishes 4

Husband and wife, Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield, head the cast for The Classic Thriller Theatre Company’s latest production, The Lady Vanishes

This never-before-seen adaption is a quick-witted and devilishly fun thriller, based on the 1939 Alfred Hitchcock classic, which is ranked as one of the best British films of all time.

When Socialite Iris’ travelling companion disappears, she’s bewildered to find fellow passengers deny ever having seen her. But with the help of musician Max, she turns detective, and together they resolve to solve this perplexing mystery.

Emmy award-winning actress Juliet Mills made her screen debut at just 11 weeks old, in In Which We Serve starring her father John, and her major stage debut was age 16 in Peter Shaffer’s Five Finger Exercise, (West End and on Broadway). In ITV’s Wild at Heart she played sister to real-life sister Hayley, and for eight years she starred in US paranormal drama Passions.

Award-winning Maxwell Caulfield’s screen roles include Grease 2 with Michelle Pfeiffer and as Miles Colby in American soap Dynasty and spin-off The Colbys. His Broadway debut was in J.B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls and his West End debut was as Billy Flynn in Chicago.

The cast also stars: Lorna Fitzgerald, fresh from her shock departure as Abi in EastEnders; Matt Barber, Atticus Aldridge in Downton Abbey; Robert Duncan, Drop The Dead Donkey; Philip Lowrie, Dennis Tanner in Coronation Street; and Ben Nealon, Soldier Soldier.

The production is directed by Roy Marsden, who is best known as an actor, particularly in his role as Commander Adam Dalgliesh in ITV’s PD James series, which he played for 15 years.