Witness For The Prosecution tickets

281 upcoming dates · from $26

Witness for the Prosecution is Agatha Christie's courtroom drama, best known in a staging that places the audience inside a working council chamber as though attending the trial. Listings here cover performances of the play, including that production and others.

Next: Fri, Oct 23, 20261 venue

Witness For The Prosecution ticket prices

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Typical: $34
On sale: 199

Prices have held steady over the last 30 days.

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About Witness For The Prosecution

Christie wrote a courtroom thriller that works because the audience is put in the position of a jury: you hear the evidence as it is given, you form a view, and the play spends its final act taking that view apart. It is tighter and colder than most of her country-house work, and it is one of the few of her plays where the ending genuinely lands on people who think they know her patterns.

The best-known production stages it inside a chamber built for actual civic business rather than for theatre, and that is not a marketing line. The room has a public gallery, benches, tiers and a well, and the production uses them as the courtroom, with the audience seated as spectators and, in some seats, as the jury itself. Seating in a room like that is nothing like a standard theatre, and the categories reflect real differences: bench seating without backs, tiered gallery seats looking down into the well, and a small number of seats placed within the action.

That has consequences worth weighing. Seats in the jury or on the floor of the chamber are a different experience with a different relationship to the actors, and they are also more exposed. Gallery seats give you the whole room and the geometry of a trial but sit further back and higher. Bench seats without backs are exactly what they sound like across a two-and-a-half-hour show.

Where the play is staged conventionally, in an ordinary theatre, all of this collapses into a normal seating decision, and the venue on the listing tells you which situation you are in.

Runtime is around two hours and thirty minutes with an interval. PickStub is an independent marketplace and is not affiliated with the producers of this play, the Agatha Christie estate, or the venues staging it.

Frequently asked questions

How much do Witness For The Prosecution tickets cost?

On PickStub, Witness For The Prosecution tickets currently start at $26. Across the 199 upcoming dates, the typical cheapest ticket is $34. Prices are live and change as listings sell.

Where can I find the cheapest Witness For The Prosecution tickets?

The lowest price right now is for Witness for the Prosecution on October 27, 2026 at London County Hall, London, from $26.

Are Witness For The Prosecution ticket prices going up?

Prices have held steady: over the last 30 days, the cheapest ticket for a typical Witness For The Prosecution date has barely moved.

Do I need to know the story?

No, and it is better if you do not. The play is built to let you form a judgement from the evidence and then take it apart, so avoid summaries before you go.

Why is the seating so unusual?

The best-known production is staged inside a working council chamber rather than a theatre, using its gallery, benches and floor as a courtroom. Seat categories reflect real differences in that room, including bench seating and seats placed within the action.

What are the jury seats?

A small number of seats placed inside the action, seated as the jury would be. They put you closest to the performance and are a different experience from watching from the gallery, with less anonymity.

How long is it?

Around two hours and thirty minutes including an interval. Worth knowing if you are considering bench seating without backs.

Thu · 7:30 PM · London County Hall, London

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