NOVI — The Novi community will soon have the opportunity to travel aboard the Orient Express, as the Novi High School theater department will be presenting Agatha Christie’s classic, “Murder on the Orient Express,” Oct. 9-11.

Set in 1934, a cast of characters from various countries travel from Istanbul to various places in Europe via the Orient Express.

“It’s super cool. It has a very vintage vibe with being set in 1930s Europe and everything, and there’s a lot of plot twists, which are very interesting,” said lead actress and prop master Joanna Ambadipudi, 17.

The play will be performed in a black box, or a small room painted black, rather than the auditorium. According to Ambadipudi, this makes for a much more intimate setting for the production, which has a run time of approximately

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