Following the huge success of Cave Cinema last year, our friends at Kents Cavern are back with three nights of underground films, including both Agatha Christie all-star classics and some cult films in the comedy murder mystery genre. And you will be watching them in the very caves that inspired Hampsly Cavern in The Man in the Brown Suit!

Join Ariadne Oliver and Miss Lemon for a guided mystery trail around Paignton Library. Who has stolen the top-secret documents and where could they be? Help solve the mystery by completing the puzzles and clues. Fun for all ages. Grab your team and get sleuthing.

This unique event celebrates Agatha Christie’s love of sea swimming, by taking participants on a one mile ‘sightseeing swim’ between two of her favourite beaches. Participants are encouraged not to race, but to enjoy the scenery, whilst raising money for Rowcroft Hospice and the Agatha Christie Festival Charity.

This award-winning walking tour has enthralled thousands of guests from across the world, receiving 5 stars from every review! Join Graham to discover how Agatha became the world’s best selling novelist, despite the challenges she faced professionally and personally.

‘Murder at the Manor’ – Join Moonstone Theatre Company to help them solve a mystery, whilst enjoying a fabulous afternoon tea experience, held in Stage Left.

Perfect partners, Agatha Christie Festival and The Lucky 7 Club present the gala opening of the 2024 Fringe Festival - an exciting & eclectic theatre event with vintage vibes; unique Lucky 7 Club styling combined with a drop-dead gorgeous stage show in Brixham’s beautiful heritage theatre.

Join us for a unique dog walking murder mystery, courtesy of Moonstone Theatre Company. Due to the popularity of last year's event, they have devised a brand new mystery, so experienced dog-tective friends can partner up with any new rookies!

Join us for a spiffing summer garden party is the heavenly walled gardens at Torre Abbey. Meet the Head Gardener, learn about Agatha Christie’s potent and poisonous plants and her time as a pharmacist in Torquay and join us for afternoon tea – if you dare!

We're a very long way from St Mary Mead... to celebrate The Agatha Christie Festival and 100 years since the publication of The Man in The Brown Suit, local writer Emma Seaman explores Agatha Christie's standalone thrillers from the 1920s to the 1970s.

The Improvised Murder Mystery - a classic murder mystery created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show by Degrees Of Error.

Responding to your feedback from last year’s Festival, we are delighted to be introducing minibuses to Agatha Christie’s former holiday home at Greenway for the first time.

In this very special tour, learn about Agatha Christie connections to Kents Cavern as you explore this fascinating cave system. There is little doubt that a young Agatha would have visited these impressive caves, as her father was a Fellow of the Natural History Society and even helped fund their excavation. Agatha later used them as inspiration for Hampsley Cavern in The Man in the Brown Suit, which turns 100 this year.

Amateur sleuths are invited to join us for a unique murder mystery experience aboard the very train that Poirot rode in both the ABC Murders and Dead Man’s Folly.

For this very special morning, join us for coffee/tea and cake and a chance to see the actual marble font where Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was baptised on Thursday 20 November 1890.

Enjoy a glass of prosecco and delicious afternoon tea on the terrace of the historic Redcliffe Hotel, with live music from their resident singer and taking in some of the finest views in the Bay.

Find yourself immersed in a world of zoological drama as an evening of conspiracy unfolds around you, courtesy of Moonstone Theatre Company. This event is for age 18+ only.

We are delighted to announce that Torre Abbey will be hosting a superb Agatha Christie-inspired model railway, constructed for Channel 5’s Great Model Railway Challenge. And you can see the masterpiece itself, before the builders share the challenges they faced building it, the Christie novels that inspired them and see excerpts from the episode where it was presented to the public to such critical acclaim.

Afternoon tea at Burgh Island? Don’t mind if I do! Thanks to Miss Lemon and English Riviera Custom Tours, we are able to offer a wonderful, full afternoon trip to this iconic location, synonymous with Agatha Christie.

Mystery novelist Agatha Christie's intrepid spinster sleuth, Miss Marple, reveals a skeleton full of closets as she tracks a killer in Murder, She Said. Miss Marple (Academy Award winner Margaret Rutherford) witnesses a murder while aboard the night train from Paddington.

Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown, the presenters of The Swinging Christies podcast, host an illustrated talk containing six fascinating insights into Christie's 1960s writing that didn't make it into the show...

Join us for a boat trip around the Bay, passing beaches and locations loved by Agatha or featured in her works. Why not dress in your best detective outfits, as there’s sure to be a mystery to solve along the way. We will also be pointing out locations around the coast with an Agatha Christie link. There will also be period music, a fully stocked lounge bar and some fantastic views on this evening cruise. 



After the boat trip, join us for live swing and jazz from the brilliant four-piece Hot House Combo at this popular harbourside venue.

Bijou Theatre Productions has gained a great reputation for its association with the ‘Queen of Crime’, Agatha Christie and has performed an Agatha Christie play at the Palace for nearly 20 years. Hear from some of the Bijou members, actors and directors.

Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering wealthy heiress, Miss Emily French. Can he convince the court of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose?

Come and enjoy the traditional fun and games in the Walled Garden.

You’re invited to join us for a special after-hours event at Greenway, as part of the International Agatha Christie Festival celebrations.