Midsomer Murders UK tour cast announced | The Killings at Badger's Drift cast for Glasgow
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- Jan 29
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Glaswegian actor cast alongside Bridgerton and ITV's Midsomer Murders stars in the world premier stage adaptation of the beloved English detective drama. Find out more below.
Ahead of the latest series of hit Netflix show Bridgerton, actor James Bradwell, who played Lord Basilio in series 3, joins the UK tour cast of Midsomer Murders.
Original actor from the ITV series, Daniel Casey, also joins the play in the role of Inspector Barnaby.
Glaswegian actor John Dougall will play the dual roles of Doctor Trevor Lessiter and Henry Trace.
The classic ITV drama Midsomer Murders has been adapted for the stage for the first time.
Midsomer Murders, The Killings at Badger's Drift plays at Glasgow Theatre Royal from Tues 17 - Sat 21 February 2026.
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift UK tour cast news
James Bradwell (Lord Basilio in Bridgerton, Season Three) will star opposite Daniel Casey (Inspector Tom Barnaby) as Sergeant Gavin Troy in the world premiere of Guy Unsworth’s stage adaptation of Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift, coming to Glasgow’s Theatre Royal from Tuesday 17- Saturday 21 February 2026.
The residents of Midsomer will be played by a multi-rolling ensemble of actors: Nathalie Barclay, Chandrika Chevli, Julie Legrand, Rupert Sadler, Chris Agha and Rhîan Crowley-McLean and Glaswegian actor John Dougall as Doctor Trever Lessiter and Henry Trace.
About Midsomer Murders the play
The world premiere of Guy Unsworth’s stage adaptation is based on the book by Caroline Graham, The Killings at Badger’s Drift, and the television series Midsomer Murders produced by Bentley Productions for ITV, in association with All3Media International.
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift is adapted and directed by Guy Unsworth, with design by David Woodhead, lighting design by Matt Haskins, sound design by Ella Wahlström, music by Max Pappenheim and casting by Ginny Schiller CDG.
The tour opened at Richmond Theatre on 24 October and will tour the UK through to May 2026. New dates have been added to the tour in Cheltenham, Cardiff, Bromley, Darlington and Manchester.
What is Midsomer Murders, The Killings at Badger's Drift about? | Midsomer Murders the play plot
When well-loved spinster Emily Simpson is found dead in the picturesque village of Badger’s Drift, her friend Lucy Bellringer refuses to accept it was an accident. DCI Tom Barnaby and Sergeant Gavin Troy are called in to investigate, uncovering a world of hidden passions, long-buried secrets and deadly rivalries.
With eccentric villagers, shocking twists and an unforgettable reveal, The Killings at Badger’s Drift is a classic whodunit that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Bringing to life the wit, charm and chilling suspense of the beloved television series and original series of books, this gripping and thrilling new show will entrance theatre audiences.
Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift UK tour - full cast info | Midsomer Murders on stage
Daniel Casey is best known for playing Sgt Troy in Midsomer Murders between 1997 and 2008.
Daniel's theatre credits include: Professor Plum in Cluedo (UK Tour); Walter in Sleepless: A Musical Romance (Troubadour Wembley); Bernard in Yes, Prime Minister (Theatr Clywd); Laurence in Abigail’s Party (UK Tour); Roger in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (National Theatre); Ray Malcolm in Star Quality (UK Tour); Mr Farthing in Kes (Liverpool Playhouse); Bernard 1 & 2/Michael in A Number (Manchester Library Theatre, MEN Best Actor Nomination); Wise Man Frankincense in The Flint Street Nativity (Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse); Merton Denver in The Wings of the Dove (UK Tour); Chris in On The Piste (Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Daniel in The Safari Party (Hampsted Theatre & Stephen Joseph Theatre); Raymond Blackett — 2 yrs in Dead Fish (Hull Truck Theatre)
Film and television credits include: Emmerdale (ITV); EastEnders (BBC); Theresa V Boris: How May Became PM (Juniper TV); Coronation Street (ITV); Casualty (BBC); Marchlands (ITV); Inspector George Gently (BBC); Doctors (BBC); MI High (BBC); The Royal (ITV), The Bill (ITV); Hex 2 (Shine Ltd); The Marchioness Disaster (Yorkshire Television); Steel River Blues (Yorkshire Television); Murder in Suburbia (Carlton television); Silent Witness (BBC); Polterguests (Carlton Television); The Grand (Granada Television); The Phoenix and the Carpet (BBC); A Touch of Frost (Yorkshire Television); Catherine Cookson’s The Wingless Bird (Festival Films); Our Friends in the North (BBC); Peak Practice (Central Television); Harry (Union Pictures)
James Bradwell’s theatre credits include The Beautiful Future Is Coming (Traverse, Bristol Old Vic), The Garden of Words (Park Theatre), Not Yet Midnight (Royal Court), Corrina, Corrina (Headlong, Liverpool Everyman), My Night with Reg (Turbine Theatre), Romeo & Juliet, Richard III (Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre) and Read Not Dead (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Television includes: Bridgerton (Netflix), I Hate You (Channel 4), Romeo & Juliet (CBeebies), The Split, Holby City, Back to Life (BBC), Murder, They Hope (GOLD), Victoria (ITV).
Nathalie Barclay’s television credits include The Agency (Paramount), FBI: International (CBS), The Diplomat (Netflix), Surface (Apple TV), Killing Eve (BBC) and Trigonometry (BBC). Her recent theatre work includes Macbeth (The Curtain, New York), Don’t Destroy Me (Arcola), Visitors (Watermill), Boeing-Boeing (UK Tour), Mariupol (Cockpit Theatre & Edinburgh, Pleasance Theatre), Antigone (The Lowry & UK tour), Positive (Park Theatre), Here I Belong (Pentabus) and The Class Ceiling (Southwark Playhouse).
Chandrika Chevli’s television credits include Unforgotten (ITV),The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies (BBC), Inside No. 9 (BBC), Not Going Out (BBC), Holby City (BBC), Derren Brown Presents: Twisted Tales (C4) and Yes, Prime Minister (UKTV). Her theatre work includes The Cherry Orchard (English Touring Theatre) and numerous Edinburgh Fringe shows including Four for Jericho (Pleasance) and the self-penned solo show Where's My Bike?.
John Dougall’s television credits include Holby City, Waking The Dead, Taggart, He Knew He Was Right, Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Monarch of the Glen, The Negotiator, As Time Goes By and The Houseman’s Tale. For the Royal Shakespeare Company, John appeared in The Merry Wives of Windsor, The School For Scandal, Hamlet, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure For Measure, The Cherry Orchard and Faust, amongst others. For Shakespeare’s Globe, he appeared in Hamlet (two-year world tour), Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, The Winter’s Tale, Coriolanus, Measure for Measure (also US tour) and The Duchess of Malfi. For the English Shakespeare Company, he appeared in The Wars of the Roses: Richard II, Henry IV Parts I & II, Henry V, Henry VI Parts I & II and Richard III. Other more recent theatre credits include the UK tours of A Voyage Round My Father, The Lavender Hill Mob and The Girl On The Train.
Julie Legrand’s television credits include Ludwig, Romantic Getaway, Silent Witness, Call the Midwife, Paula Burrow in Holby City, Doctor Who, Nurse Bradshaw in Night and Day, Jeanette Dunkley in Footballers’ Wives, North Square, Bad Girls, Marji in Starting Out, Kavanagh QC, Inspector Morse, The House of Bernarda Alba and El CID. Her theatre credits include theatre credits include The Forest, The Cherry Orchard, The Critic, The Duchess of Malfi, Way Upstream, The Trojan War Will Not Take Place and Don Quixote (all for the National Theatre), Romeo and Juliet, Cymbeline, The Revenger’s Tragedy and Oedipus (all for the Royal Shakespeare Company), West End shows To Kill a Mockingbird, The House of Bernarda Alba, An American in Paris, Gypsy, The Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked and the recent UK Tour of Filumena.
Rupert Sadler’s theatre credits include Deep Blue Sea (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Jekyll & Hyde (National Theatre), The Odyssey (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Orlando (Barbican).
Chris Agha’s theatre credits include In and Out of Chekhov’s shorts (Southwark Playhouse), Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Greenwich Theatre and UK Tour) and Peter Grimes, Lohengrin, Aida and The Marriage of Figaro (Royal Opera House).
Rhiân Crowley-McLean’s recent theatre credits include Witness for the Prosecution (West End), The Kite Runner (UK Tour & Dubai Opera House), Faulty Towers The Dining Experience (Adelaide Fringe Festival & Sydney Opera House), Spring Reign (Lowry & UK Tour) and Taming of The Shrew (China & European Tour).
Midsomer Murders: The Killing at Badger's Drift in Glasgow
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
Tue 17 - Sat 21 February
Tue - Sat: 7:30pm
Wed & Sat: 2:30pm
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