Past Shows

2025 - Ghost Stories for Christmas

This year our night of seasonal spirits featured terrors from classic authors of the age… MR James and Marjorie Bowen.
In 'Number 13' a traveller discovers that his hotel room is not quite all that it seems and that the Number 13 is indeed unlucky for some… In 'Kecksies' two ill-mannered young Lords impose on the hospitality of a tenant accused of witchcraft, only to find that candles are lit for a funeral in the house. When they decide to play a cruel prank on those coming to pay their respects to the dead, no one will escape the consequences untouched.… And finally in 'Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to you my Lad' a storm is whistled up along a bleak stretch of coastline, and a question howls upon the wind, “who is this who is coming…”

 

2024 - Ghost Stories for Christmas

Our night of seasonal spirits featured terrors from some of the finest authors of their age… W. W. Jacobs, Algernon Blackwood and A. M. Burrage.

In 'Jerry Bundler' patrons gather in a London tavern at Christmastime, swapping traditionally terrifying ghost stories only to discover the establishment itself is haunted… In 'Smee' some festive parlour games are just the thing to raise some spirits. But it’s always wise to know how many people are hiding in the house before you start trying to seek them… And finally in 'The Kit-Bag' packing for the Christmas holidays takes a turn for the worse as a young lawyer finds his recent gruesome trial comes back to haunt him…