The Girl on the Train is heading to the Liverpool Playhouse this May

The Girl on the Train, a gripping thriller based on the internationally acclaimed number one best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins returns to the Liverpool Playhouse with a new cast from Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 May.  

The international phenomenon – which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and inspired the DreamWorks film starring Emily Blunt – enjoyed a box-office record-breaking theatrical tour in 2019. Now, the production returns with EastEndersactress Louisa Lytton starring as Rachel Watson. 

Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.  

Louisa Lytton is best-known for playing the role of Ruby Allen for over two decades in BBC’s EastEnders. Her TV work includes; Murdoch Mysteries for Amazon Prime and Edge of Heaven for ITV. On stage she recently starred as Jenny in 2:22 A Ghost Story for a UK tour. Samuel Collings, who worked with Liverpool Playhouse on Dr Faustus (directed by Philip Wilson), and appeared in Lady Windermere’s Fan, Edward II, The Lady from the Sea, and The Comedy of Errors at the Royal Exchange, plays Scott Hipwell. 

Duncan Abel and Rachel Wagstaff,who also adapted Birdsong, have adapted The Girl on the Train for the stage. They said: 

“Since opening in the UK in 2018, The Girl on the Train has been performed around the world, and we’re thrilled that Loveday Ingram’s powerful and stylish production is coming back in a UK wide tour.”  

Produced by Josh Andrews Productions and Simon Friend Entertainment, who also produced the sold-out run of Ghost Stories, the smash-hit Wiltshire Creative Production of The Girl on the Train is written by Paula Hawkins,adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, and is directed by Loveday Ingram, who previously directed Baskerville – A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwig at the Liverpool Playhouse in 2017.  

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