Theater Boško Buha - Theater Vuk

The thirties of the last century. 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 completely peaceful, becomes the scene of another case that needs to be solved. The train is full of suspects, each of whom has, seemingly, an unshakable alibi. Poirot's journey begins in Istanbul, and the rest of the story takes place 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 theater adaptation was written by Ken Ludwig, a renowned contemporary playwright, known to our audience for very successful performances such as '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 a masterful playwright, Ken Ludwig has brought out comedy from Agatha Christie's mystery. Norbert Freud also compared mystery and comedy, finding great similarities between these two genres: both start from a normal social situation, which is disturbed for some reason, and then characters strive to restore balance. The comedic and extravagant and 'elevated' characters created by Agatha Christie are interpreted by our ensemble very skillfully.