Passengers rely on Detective Hercule Poirot to solve a 'Murder on the Orient Express'

BRISTOL — “Murder on the Orient Express” opens Feb. 24 and continues through March 5 at Elkhart Civic Theatre’s Bristol Opera House, 210 E. Vistula St.

Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig at the request of the Agatha Christie estate, the comedy-mystery features the detective Hercule Poirot solving a locked-door mystery on the Orient Express train.

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the train in its tracks, and in the morning, an American tycoon is discovered dead in his compartment, stabbed multiple times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on Poirot to identify the murderer — in case he or she decides to strike again.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 24-25 and March 3-4 and at 3 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 5.

Tickets are $25-$19.

For more information, call 574-848-4116 or visit elkhartcivictheatre.org.

This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: 'Murder on the Orient Express' opens at ECT's Bristol Opera House