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The cast for its East of England tour of More… Ghost Stories by Candlelight has been announced. Emily Ling Williams will direct actor-musicians Becky Barry and Sharan Phull. Following the success of last year’s Autumn tour, the company brings together four contemporary ghost stories from Tassa Deparis, James McDermott, Eloise Pennycott and Aisha Zia, each set in a different location in the company’s home region.
The creative team is led by Olivier-nominated Emily Ling-Williams (Director) and completed by Anna Pool (Musical Director, Composer and Sound Designer), Mona Camille (Designer), Tom Clutterbuck (Lighting Consultant and Production Manager), Lora Aziz (Wildlife and Folklore Consultant), and HighTide’s Artistic Director Clare Slater (Dramaturgy).
The production opens on 17 October, with previews from 15 October, and tours to 11 venues in the East of England before transferring to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe for a Halloween run from 30 October – 2 November.
So for 2024, gather close for a chilling evening of contemporary tales and music from the ‘Haunted Counties’ of East Anglia. Following the sell-out success of last year’s tour, HighTide brings you four brand new stories in More…Ghost Stories by Candlelight.
Taking inspiration from ghost stories of old, this contemporary production brings the genre right into the modern age, with settings that represent the writers’ own connections to the East of England, from urban Cambridge to the Essex salt-marsh; leafy Suffolk villages to the bracing North-Norfolk coast.
Following last year’s success, this Autumn’s tour returns to many venues including Theatre Royal Bury St Edmonds and the Seagull Theatre. The production will also play in atmospheric non-theatrical spaces such as Colchester’s Layer Marney Towers and Old Divinity Hall in Cambridge.
The tour will culminate in a run in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe from 30 October until 2 November.
HighTide Theatre itself s a writer-centred theatre company, based in the East of England. They produce new plays by playwrights from the region, touring across the East and beyond. They also run a year-round writer development programme that creates space for East of England playwrights to thrive. They offer creative writing programmes in schools and community groups to build confidence, wellbeing and employability. They are committed to ensuring everyone, from all backgrounds, can participate in the joy and power of theatre. HighTide holds the climate crisis in its name; a daily reminder of our responsibility to act now – with imagination and creativity. We see climate and social justice as inextricably linked and believe that theatre can help rehearse a better future for us all.
LISTINGS
MORE… GHOST STORIES BY CANDLELIGHT
John Mills Theatre, Ipswich
15 October
Box office: 01473 211498 / www.easternangles.co.uk
Red Lion Pub, Manningtree
16 October
Box office: 01473 459 200 / www.hightide.org.uk
Layer Marney Towers, Colchester
17 October
Box office: 01473 459 200 / www.hightide.org.uk
The Cut, Halesworth
18 October
Box office: 01473 459 200 / www.hightide.org.uk
The Seagull, Lowestoft
19 October
Box office: 0333 666 3366 / www.theseagull.co.uk
Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmonds
20 October
Box office: 01284 769505 / www.theatreroyal.org
St George’s Theatre, Great Yarmouth
22 October
Box office: 01493 331484 / www.stgeorgestheatre.com
Wells Maltings, Wells
23 October
Box office: 01603 877177 / www.wellsmaltings.org.uk
Dragon Hall, Norwich
24 October
Box office: 01603 877177 / www.nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk
Victoria Hall, Harlow
25 October
Box office: 01279 431945 / www.harlowplayhouse.co.uk
Old Divinity Hall, Cambridge
26 October
Box office: 01473 459 200 / www.hightide.org.uk
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe
30 October – 2 November
Box office: 020 7401 9919 / www.shakespearesglobe.com
