Celebrating the greatest ghost and horror tales from the Victorian and Edwardian eras, be chilled by Morbid Curiosities.
This brand-new theatre show features original stories, and new adaptations of Poe, Stoker, Stevenson, Conan Doyle and those other masters of the macabre, guaranteed to chill you to the bone!
Brought to you by Don’t Go Into The Cellar! Theatre Company – Victorian Theatre, with Bite!
Part of The Library of Birmingham’s new season for 2014 – the Cultures Season – celebrating human creativity in its widest, most fascinating and sometimes unexpected forms, from the earliest days of print to the latest digital technologies.
WHEN IS IT
20 February, 20 March and 24 April, All Performances 7 – 8.30pm
WHERE IS IT
Shakespeare Memorial Room, Library of Birmingham, Cambridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2EP
HOW TO BOOK
Tickets £10 (concessions £8)
More About Don’t Go Into the Cellar Theatre Company
Formed in 2010, Don’t Go Into The Cellar! remains the British Empire’s finest practitioners of theatrical Victoriana in a macabre vein.
Based in the heart of the West Midlands, the company builds upon ther many links the region has with the greatest Victorian and Edwardian literary icons, such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Fu Manchu’s creator, Sax Rohmer, Jerome K. Jerome, author of “Three Men in a Boat” and even Charles Dickens, who performed often in the region.
Artistic Director Jonathan Goodwin both writes and performs in each show, bringing a lifelong love of Victorian detective, ghost and horror stories to the fore. His commitment to detail and understanding of fin de siecle Zeitgeist ensures that audiences are guaranteed a splendidly authentic slice of stage-frights!
Technical Director Gary Archer shares this fascination with old-time classics of popular genre fiction, but adds a twenty-first century twist!
His effective and innovative use of multi-media technology succeeds in pumping new blood into these gothic gems. Brilliantly-crafted sound and video sequences create an exciting theatrical experience for audiences dying to see their favourite nineteenth-century heroes and villains come to life before them.
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