Audiences around the country will be able to experience what has been called the most terrifying live theatre experience in the world, when ‘The Woman In Black’ hits stages.
‘The Woman In Black’ is the second longest-running play in West End history, after Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mousetrap’. Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story dramatically comes alive in this stage adaptation from Stephen Mallatratt. It’s s study in atmosphere, illusion, and controlled horror.
‘The Woman In Black’ stars acclaimed Australian actors John Waters and Daniel McPherson. John’s career spans 50 years – he’s well-known for lead roles in the film ‘Breaker Morant’, and the television series ‘Rush’, ‘All The Rivers Run’, ‘Rake’, and his run on ‘Play School’.
Daniel MacPherson has a career spanning over 25 years. He rose to fame on ‘Neighbours’, and spent two years in the UK on ‘The Bill’. He hosted ‘Dancing With The Stars’ for seven seasons, and has also starred on stage in ‘Godspell’, and most recently ‘2:22 – A Ghost Story’ in Melbourne.
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‘The Woman In Black’ was written in 1983, and has become one of the most successful gothic novels in the English canon. Readers are transported to the eerie setting of Eel Marsh House, in the small market town of Crythin Gifford, north England.
The story is told through Arthur Kipps, who begins the novel too distressed to share a ghost story with his family. He then recounts how, as a young solicitor, he was sent to oversee the funeral of a client of his law firm.
Along the way, he encounters many who seem unwilling or unable to share the secrets of Eel Marsh House and its inhabitants, until he himself encounters The Woman In Black, unravelling the mystery of the haunted past, and eerie spectre he sees.
‘The Woman In Black’ Australia Tour Dates
27 April – Empire Theatre (Toowoomba)30 April-11 May – Queensland Performing Arts Centre
15-26 May – Adelaide Festival Centre
30 May-9 June – His Majesty’s Theatre (Perth)
13 June-6 July – Athenaeum Theatre (Melbourne)
9-14 July – Canberra Theatre Centre
17-21 July – Merrigong Theatre Company (Wollongong)
23-27 July – Civic Theatre (Newcastle)
30 July-18 August – Theatre Royal (Sydney)
