On a rather bright and sunny day, we headed into Glasgow for this matinee performance. We took the train, me using my Club 50 card for the first time (saving £1.25 off the off-peak day return fare). After a quick drink in Walkabout (where I discovered the gents' toilet was flooded, only after I walked through it), we made our way to the theatre and up the stairs to the Dress Circle. Front-row aisle seats meant not having to ask anyone to move.
Despite the pleasant weather outside, the atmosphere inside the theatre was foreboding. A dripping sound intermittently penetrates the tremulous howl of a gale (or could it be spooks?). The safety curtain is down across the stage, where a lectern sits on the front left. The audience is made aware that anyone who leaves the auditorium during the performance will not be let back in again. There is no interval. The lights dim.
The theatre requested that no spoilers be made about the show. All I will say is the shocks are telegraphed but well done. I noticed the emergency sign lights getting switched off from time to time and knew something was going to happen. Complete darkness is utilised well to hide the scares, especially in the finale. During one scene, I detected a smell of bleach in the air, a subtle theatricality.
One warning: if you've seen the film based on this play, you'll know the ending. This stage production still has some clever tricks up its sleeve, though.
Cast
Dan Tetsell - Professor Goodman,
David Cardy - Tony Matthews,
Clive Mantle - Mike Priddle,
Eddie Loodmer-Elliott - Simon Rifkind
Ticket Price: £48.50 x 2, plus £3.95 transaction fee = £100.95 from ATG.
About the Show
When Professor Goodman, an arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings—as recounted by a night watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child—Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality and fast running out of explanations.
Enter a world full of thrilling twists and epic turns, where the ultimate love letter to horror is imagined live on stage. A fully sensory and electrifying encounter, Ghost Stories is one of London’s best-reviewed plays of all time and will keep you on the edge of your seat. This is a theatrical experience like no other.
After exhilarating audiences for two years in the West End and across the world with record-breaking, sell-out productions and a smash hit film, Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson’s Ghost Stories is “Genuine scary fun” (Sunday Times), a worldwide phenomenon more spine-tingling and fantastically terrifying than ever.
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