The Woman In Black

Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation

A lawyer young Arthur Kipps is sent to settle a deceased estate in a remote part of Englands east coast.  He sees a wasted young woman dressed all in black at a funeral, while the locals remain mysteriously silent on who she is or her terrible purpose.

Years later, as an older man he is obsessed with the terrible curse he believes haunts him, hires a young actress in a desperate attempt to exorcise the memory of The Woman in Black.  As the tale unfolds they fall deeper in a dark world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.

This startling production relies on hints, atmosphere, glimpses and suggestions, heard and sometimes only half seen as it builds to a chilling climax.