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Win one of five pairs of tickets to Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap in The Gaiety Theatre

The Irish Times has teamed up with The Gaiety Theatre to offer five lucky subscribers the chance to win a pair of tickets to see Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap between October 11th and October 13th.

A sensational cast of stars of screen and stage has been announced for this 70th-anniversary production of The Mousetrap, which comes to Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre from October 3rd to 15th, 2022. Starting his career as Tucker in Grange Hill, the cast is led by Todd Carty – who was actually born in Limerick! John Altman, better known as EastEnders Nasty Nick, along with Only Fools and Horses’ Cassandra, aka actress Gwyneth Strong, add to the stellar cast, a real whos’ who for this amazing whodunit!

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest-running play. This thrilling West End production is the genre-defining murder mystery from the best-selling novelist of all time… case closed! As news spreads of a murder in London, a group of seven strangers find themselves snowed in at a remote countryside guesthouse. When a police sergeant arrives, the guests discover – to their horror – that a killer is in their midst! Which one is the murderer? Who will be their next victim? Can you solve this world-famous mystery for yourself? Now celebrating 70 years, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has kept millions of people from every corner of the globe on the edge of their seats. Could you be next?

Tickets priced from €20 are on sale now from Ticketmaster or in person at Gaiety Theatre Box Office.

This competition is now closed.

Terms & Conditions

1. The promotion is open to residents of Ireland aged 18 years or over except employees of the Promoter, their families, agents or anyone professionally connected with the promotion.

2. A valid entry consists of a correct answer entered in the form above, accompanied by the entrant’s name, email address and a phone number.

3. No applications from agents, third parties, organised groups or applications automatically generated by computer will be accepted. No incomplete, illegible, or corrupted entries will be accepted. No entries not in accordance with the entry instructions will be accepted.

4. The Promotion will run from 28/09/2022 to midnight on 02/10/2022 inclusive.

5. All entries must be received by the Promotor by no later than midnight on the Closing Date. All competition entries received after the Closing Date are automatically disqualified.

6. Promotion limited to one entry per person. No entrant will win more than one prize.

7. By submitting an entry to the Promotor, you are agreeing to be bound by these terms and conditions.

8. Responsibility will not be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure of any kind. Proof of sending is not proof of receipt. Entries will become the property of the Promoter.

9. The prize is a pair of tickets to see The Mousetrap in the Gaiety Theatre. There will be five winners. There will be two pairs of tickets available for Tuesday 11th October, two pairs of tickets for Wednesday 12th October and one pair of tickets for Thursday 13th October. Winners may request their preferred date but this will only be available on a first come first served basis, when that date is no longer available the promoter will allocate a date to the winners.

10. All prizes will be subject to any additional terms and conditions of the supplier of the prize to the Promoter. This voucher can cannot be refunded or redeemed for cash. Please see the promoter’s competitions terms and conditions here: https://www.gaietytheatre.ie/terms-and-conditions/competition-terms-conditions/

11. The Promoter shall not be liable for any loss, damage or consequential damage of any nature in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise caused by the acceptance of the terms and conditions or in connection with the prize.

12. In the event of unforeseen circumstances the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the prize for an alternative of equal or greater value.

13. The winners will be notified by email. The winner must claim the prize within 30 days of the notification. If the prize is unclaimed after this time, it will lapse and the Promoter reserves the right to offer the unclaimed prize to a substitute winner selected in accordance with the Promotion rules.

14. The promoters’ decision is final and binding in all matters and no correspondence will be entered into.

15. The winners’ details (name and county) will be made available on The Irish Times website.

16. The winner may be required to participate in unpaid publicity arising from this promotion.

17. The Promotor will only process your personal information as set out in https://www.irishtimes.com/policy-and-terms/privacy-policy and as set out in these terms and conditions.

18. Prizes are non transferrable and cannot be exchanged for cash.

19. These terms and conditions shall be governed by Irish law and the Courts of the Republic of Ireland shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

20. Promoter and Data Controller: The Irish Times DAC, The Irish Times Building, P.O. Box 74, 24 - 28 Tara Street, Dublin 2.

21. The Promoter reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend the Promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.

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