ThickSkin's ghost story play about an out-of-work actor who plays a ghost at a countryside manor and finds the role blurring with reality.
ThickSkin bring It Walks Around the House at Night to the Connaught Theatre on Monday 9 November, with a matinee and evening performance following on Tuesday 10 November. It's a ghost story written by Bruntwood Prize winner Tim Foley and directed by Neil Bettles, and it's coming to Worthing after a sell-out UK tour.
The story follows Joe, an out-of-work, queer working-class actor who takes a job playing a ghost at an old countryside manor. As he settles into the role, the line between the part he's playing and his own reality starts to blur, and something far more sinister begins to emerge. He falls for a rich aristocrat and gets drawn into a supernatural plot in which he's being sacrificed. Foley blends psychological thriller, dark humour and immersive staging, so it's as much about the tension as it is about the ghosts.
On stage, George Naylor plays Joe, and Ollie performs the dance sequences. The production is built around sound design by Tony Award winner Pete Malkin, with lighting and video design by Joshua Pharo. The company behind it, ThickSkin, is award-winning, and the play has picked up some strong reviews on its way here: Time Out called it a 'spine-tingling triumph' and Broadway World described it as a 'deliciously spine-tingling' ghost story.
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There are three performances in total: Monday 9 November at 7:30pm, and Tuesday 10 November at 2:00pm and 7:30pm. Tickets start from £18.75, plus a £1.75 transaction fee.
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