From Tuesday 4th February to Saturday 8 February 2014, Lichfield Garrick is host to spine tingling, terrifying tales by Charles Dickins and M.R. James.
Both productions star award-winning veteran actor Jack Shepherd as well as Terrence Hardiman (The Demon Headmaster/Cadfael), Dicken Ashworth (Coronation Street/Emmerdale), James Morley, Jenny-May Darcy and Greg Fitch.
The Signalman
Adapted by Francis Evelyn, The Signalman tells the story of a tormented signalman who is haunted by visions of imminent disaster on his lonely stretch of line. Can a well meaning traveller calm the Signal man's fears .... watch and you will find out!
Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come To You My Lad
Adapted by Margaret May, this creepy story by M.R James tells the eerie tale of Professor Parkins, a Cambridge academic on an out-of-season holiday at a bleak English east coast hotel in 1907.
At an old graveyard near a deserted beach he finds an old bone whistle and whilst cleaning it discovers the inscription: Quis est iste qui venit ("Who is this who is coming?").
Deciding to blow the whistle, the professor wakens a disturbing supernatural force.
The productions take place at Lichfield Garrick's main stage from Tuesday 4 to Saturday 8 February 2014, from 7.30pm with Thursday and Saturday Matinees at 2.30pm.
Tickets cost from £16 (£10 for students), and can be booked online at www.lichfieldgarrick.com or by calling the Box Office on 01543 412121.
