- Produced by Nunkie
- Price £25 for all three shows or £10 each
- Get ready for some festive chills
- Bring along ghouls and gals
- Surf to Old Red Lion
- See you at The Old Red Lion Theatre
The eeriest and most entertaining of Montague Rhodes James' ghost stories are brought back to life in three gripping, critically acclaimed one-man shows.
A Pleasing Terror
In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book, a young antiquary discovers the devil in the details of an old book in a medieval town in the French Pyrenees… In The Mezzotint a ghoulish revenge is enacted within a work of art, before the helpless eyes of a museum curator.
Monday 12th December at 7.30pm
Casting the Runes
Introduces the unforgettable Mr. Karswell – magic lanternist, occult historian and scourge of academe. It’s partnered here by James’s most neglected masterpiece The Residence at Whitminster in which a dark shadow looms over the precinct of a peaceful English church…
Monday 19th December at 7.30pm
Oh Whistle… Oh Whistle, and I’ll Come to you, My Lad
A tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – widely considered to be author’s masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented by The Ash Tree, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations.
Saturday 24th December at 5pm
**** "Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality" - The Times
Suitable for age 13+
