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  1. Agatha Christie
    Dame Agatha Christie, known throughout the world as the ‘Queen of Crime’, is a literary genius, was born in Torquay and remained on the English Riviera for much of her life.
  2. Agatha Christie Breaks
    Experience Agatha Christie’s English Riviera and stay in one of the properties that she frequented and inspired her to write her novels.
  3. Agatha Christie Things To Do
    Experience Agatha Christie’s English Riviera and use our guide to discover the attractions, activities and events that have an authentic Agatha Christie connection.
  4. Agatha Christie Places To See
    Experience Agatha Christie’s Devon and use our guide to discover the places that have an authentic Agatha Christie connection.
  5. Greenway House
    Agatha Christie described her beloved holiday home Greenway as “the loveliest place in the world”.
  6. Agatha Christie Literary Trail
    Torquay is the birthplace of the famous crime writer and novelist Dame Agatha Christie.
  7. Agatha Christie Mile
    The best way for amateur sleuths to unravel the mystery of Agatha Christie’s life in Torquay, is to follow what is known as the ‘Agatha Christie Mile.’ You can pick up a printed leaflet from the Visitor Information Centre.
  8. Explore The English Riviera
    The English Riviera is an ideal base for exploring the beautiful coast and countryside of South Devon including Torbay, Torquay, Paignton and Brixham.

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  1. The Agatha Christie Festival
    Inside The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, Agatha Christie Festival, Torquay, Devon
    The Agatha Christie Festival
    Inside The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, Agatha Christie Festival, Torquay, Devon

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025to21 Sept 2025
    From:
    12 Sept 2026to20 Sept 2026
    From:
    11 Sept 2027to19 Sept 2027

    Address

    Torre Abbey, The Kings Drive, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5JE

    Telephone

    01803 293593

    Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025to21 Sept 2025
    From:
    12 Sept 2026to20 Sept 2026
    From:
    11 Sept 2027to19 Sept 2027

    The programme can be viewed by carrying out a diary search via www.englishriviera.co.uk/whats-on and on The Agatha Christie Festival website www.iacf-uk.org

    Agatha Christie is Torquay's most well-known resident and the best selling author of all…

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  2. Murder on the Dancefloor at Ugbrooke House, part of the Agatha Christie Festival

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025

    Address

    Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon, TQ13 0AD

    Chudleigh

    Dates

    From:
    13 Sept 2025

    The Agatha Christie Festival are delighted to be working alongside the team at Ugbrooke House to bring you this unique and rather spectacular murder mystery evening.

    Step back in time to the elegance of the Edwardian era, where intrigue and…

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    Murder Mystery

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  3. Picturesque Torbay, Torre Abbey, Torquay
    Opening Event - Agatha Christie Festival
    Picturesque Torbay, Torre Abbey, Torquay
    Opening Event - Agatha Christie Festival

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2025

    Address

    The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, The Kings Drive, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5JE

    The Kings Drive, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    19 Sept 2025

    To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Secret of Chimneys, bestselling Devon-based author, Victoria Dowd, will give an entertaining talk on Bundle Brent. Lady Eileen ‘Bundle’ Brent featured in both The Secret of Chimneys and…

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    Talk or Lecture

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  4. Witness for the Prosecution, Mark Aldridge,

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025

    Address

    The Kings Drive, The Kings Drive, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5JE

    The Kings Drive, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025

    In 2023, attendees at the Agatha Christie Festival crowned 'The Witness for the Prosecution' as the author's best short story, and so this year Dr Mark Aldridge takes a deep dive into the many lives of Christie's classic mystery. Drawing on…

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    Talk or Lecture

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  5. Agatha Christie Festival, Hay Fever Noel Coward

    Dates

    From:
    17 Sept 2025to20 Sept 2025

    Address

    The Royal Lyceum, Abbey Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5NQ

    Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    17 Sept 2025to20 Sept 2025

    Hay Fever takes four singletons and brings them into a Country House for a midsummer bohemian weekend with the eccentric Bliss family. Judith Bliss, the once glittering star of the London stage, is still enjoying life with more than a little high…

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    Performance

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  6. The Importance of Settings in Christie’s Books, part of the Agatha Christie Festival, Torre Abbey, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025

    Address

    The Spanish Barn, Torre Abbey, The Kings Drive, Torquay, Devon, TQ2 5JE

    The Kings Drive, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    20 Sept 2025

    Paddle steamers, luxury trains, archaeological digs, to name but a few. Agatha Christie’s settings have become almost as iconic as her plots. Settings play a key role in detective fiction, something the authors on our Super Panel know all about.…

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  7. Agatha Christie at Isokon: the Modernist War Years, part of the Agatha Christie Festival, Torre Abbey, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025

    Address

    Bygones, Fore Street, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 4PR

    St Marychurch, Torquay

    Dates

    From:
    21 Sept 2025

    Between 1941 and 1947 Agatha Christie lived in the Lawn Road Flats in Hampstead, Britain’s first Modernist apartment block. Advertised during the Blitz, as the “safest building in London”, it was here, living in a tiny, 25-square-metre Minimum…

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  8. Murder, She Didn't Write, part of the International Agatha Christie Festival, Palace Theatre, Paignton, Devon

    Dates

    From:
    16 Sept 2025

    Address

    Palace Theatre, Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3HF

    Telephone

    01803 665800

    Paignton

    Dates

    From:
    16 Sept 2025

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

    We are delighted to welcome back this hysterical improvised murder mystery show to the Agatha Christie Festival,…

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    Murder Mystery

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  9. The 11.15 from Paignton, Dartmouth Steam Railway, part of the Agatha Christie Festival

    Dates

    From:
    16 Sept 2025

    Address

    Paignton Queens Park Station, Torbay Road, Paignton, TQ4 6AF

    Paignton

    Dates

    From:
    16 Sept 2025

    We are thrilled that, in partnership with Festival Friend the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company, we can offer this exciting and fun day out to the beautiful historic town of Dartmouth.

    Guests ride aboard the very steam train that Poirot…

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    Participatory Event

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