Mimma was a waste of David Suchet’s talents – and our anti-war sympathies

• It does not require a detective of the international stature of Hercule Poirot to conclude that this is a timely week for a “new musical of war and friendship”. As Russia continues its merciless assault on Ukraine, any work that celebrates amity triumphing over hostility is well-meaning and to be applauded. Unfortunately, even a lesser sleuth would not take long to work out that an actor of the calibre of David Suchet, Poirot’s greatest on-screen representative, is wasted in this particular show