Noël Coward's The Rat Trap

In fashionable 1920s Belgravia, Sheila, a talented novelist, and Keld, an aspiring playwright, embark on married life. Both are fiercely ambitious, but when Keld’s career takes off and Sheila’s doesn’t, professional jealousy and an affair have a devastating effect on their marriage. Startlingly moving, but full of customary sparkling wit and dark humour, Noël Coward’s first play is given a stylish period revival for its centenary year. The Rat Trap is lovingly revised by Bill Rosenfield

This reimagined version of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap by Bill Rosenfield opened on 28 January 2026 at Park Theatre. The first production of The Rat Trap opened at the Everyman Theatre, Hampstead on 18 October 1926.