2:22 A Ghost Story, directed by Matthew Dunster and Gabriel Vega Weissman, captivates audiences at The Edinburgh Playhouse with its blend of suspense and realism. The plot revolves around Jenny, who believes her home is haunted, and her skeptical husband Sam. The compelling cast and creative staging effectively evoke tension, making it a thought-provoking contemporary ghost story.
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
