Set in a country-house hotel cut off by snow, the twists and turns of the murder mystery plot are typical Christie with a characteristic twist at the end.
Stageworks' production, which opens on Saturday, is possible because the amateur rights have been made available, according to Bert Nisbet, president of the newly formed Dunedin theatrical group and director of the play.
The rights to stage it for 13 performances will cost them $2900, about twice what they would normally pay.
Stageworks grew out of two productions Nisbet and his wife Liz staged to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity, A Christmas Carol and The Diary of Anne Frank.
The group bonded and decided to become an incorporated society, staging their first production, Mr Love, a couple of months ago, he said.
Andrew Cook, one of the founders, said they were not attached to any particular building as they did not want the maintenance and management to take them away from the core task of putting on plays, as often happened with other theatrical groups.
See it
The Mousetrap opens at the Mayfair Theatre on Saturday.
