Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt after Susan Hill’s Book Directed By Robin Herford Review by Dominic Corr The Theatre Royal ★★★★ There’s something deliciously perverse about watching a ghost story unfold in a grand Victorian auditorium, especially one as storied as the Theatre Royal Glasgow. In an age where horror is often filtered through screens, algorithms, … Continue reading Review: The Women in Black – The Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/622u4-gUs4c Adapted by Stephen Mallatratt after Susan Hill's Book Directed By Robin Herford Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ What’s a theatre without a ghost, eh? Over thirty years of chilling delights, The Woman in Black roams a suitably fitting Theatre Royal, Glasgow, to continue its descent into realms of fear and dread. A right of passage for theatregoers, often those … Continue reading Review: The Woman in Black – Theatre Royal, Glasgow
https://youtu.be/BX05lpBPDBY Created by Danny Robins Directed by Matthew Dunster and Isabel Marr Review by Annie Aslett Tickets from £13.00 ★★★★ Following monumental success in the West End and a jump across the pond, the touring production of Danny Robins’ 2:22 A Ghost Story finally lands with a bump in the night at The King’s Theatre, Glasgow. … Continue reading 2:22 A Ghost Story – King’s Theatre, Glasgow
The Playwrights - Jim Brown, Carolyn Lincoln, John Lamb, Brian Lincoln, Hilary Spiers, Elaine Campbell, and Rhona McAdam Directed by Liz Hare Tickets £10 - email: jamesellison@blueyonder.co.uk. ★★★★ There’s less of a grim, grinning, ghoulish haunt to this evening’s event than it first appears as the residents of Leith, living and deceased, come together to pry … Continue reading Ghosts of North Leith – North Leith Parish Church
https://youtu.be/BvGQ4K6e-Yc Created by Danny Robins Directed by Matthew Dunster and Isabel Marr Tickets from £19.50 ★★★★ Audiences' nerves don’t stand a ghost of a chance as we enter a season of spooky treats across Edinburgh – with a fair few spirits rising to greet guests at the Festival Theatre. From re-imagined Dracula to contemporary ghoulish … Continue reading 2:22 A Ghost Story – Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
https://youtu.be/raqEXET3Yx8 Written and Directed by Izzy Gray ★★★★ Our fascination with the one thing we cannot control, death, leads to various stories twisting themselves into the gaps history leaves blank. It’s a powerful thing to craft a tale, to take autonomy over someone’s life and death – for millennia we can’t help but complete an … Continue reading Keepers of the Light – The Studio
Written by Martin Travers Artistic Direction by Pauline Lynch ★★★★ The hooting caws of houlets punctuate the Biggar evening, as their feader-filled sacks leave a maukit scent lingering in the air, as the moot presence of something otherworldly ensnares the audience. Then again, it may all just be in your heid. No surprises given the … Continue reading A Secret Wrapped in Lead -Loaningdale Arts
Written by Douglas Irvine and Cameron Hall Directed by Douglas Irvine ★★★★ Frights are easy. Jumps and screams are simplistic. Genuine fear is talent. Fear is a remarkably powerful state. And yet, the rush from it, the exhilarating thrill of something which pushes us into a primal reaction, is a gold standard of storytelling. Horror … Continue reading Ghosthunter – Silver Cloud Studios
From the Novel by Charles Dickens Directed by Angela Harkness Robertson ★★★ Puppets, cartoons, re-visionist history, musicals, futuristic, Bill Murray: filmmakers and playwrights have endeavoured to re-tell Charles Dicken’s tale of redemption and guilt for decades. A Christmas Carol, The quintessential festive ghost story of the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge’s visits from the deities of history – spectres … Continue reading A Christmas Carol – Assembly Roxy
From the Novel by Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Tony Cownie ★★★★ The ghost of an idea. This is how Dickens described his significant contribution to the literary and cultural world, particularly as we enter the final days of the year. A story which takes the spectres of remorse, redemption, and guilt and channels … Continue reading An Edinburgh Christmas Carol – Royal Lyceum Theatre
