Championing a return to glory

BARNHAM'S Joe Harmston is delighted to see a little of the negativity which has dogged Agatha Christie now falling away.Joe is officially UK champion for Dame Agatha's great theatrical legacy '“ a post which is a little bit of a double-edged sword.

But there are signs that his Agatha Christie productions are starting to lift some of the sniffy stuffiness with which Christie's theatre work has all too often been treated.

Joe is artistic director of the Agatha Christie Theatre Company, and he's delighted that his production of Christie's And Then There Were None is now destined for Chichester Festival Theatre, a venue which has fought shy of Christie in recent years.

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The production is also heading for Brighton and Worthing this autumn '“ backed up by terrific box office success since it started its tour earlier this year.

For full story and more arts and entertainments see West Sussex Gazette October 15.