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Product details - The woman in blackand at theand fortune theatreand combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It gives audiences an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world. Now celebrating itsand 30th yearand in the west endand with over 7 million people having lived to tell the tale,and the woman in blackand is one of the most exciting, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged. Inand the woman in black, at the fortune theatre,and arthur kipps, a junior solicitor is summoned to attend the funeral of mrs alice drablow, the sole inhabitant of eel marsh house, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk ofand the woman in blackand and her terrible purpose. Years later, as an old man, he recounts his experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they act out the solicitoraposs experiences on eel marsh all those years ago.and first performed at the theatre by the sea in scarborough back in 1987, it reached the west end in 1989. The current cast ofand the woman in blackand areand both actors returning to the productionand stuart foxand woman in mind, the normal heart, filumena,and fear and loathing in las vegasand and as arthur kippsand andand matthew spencerand amadeus,and 1984,and war horse,and bentand as the actor. Get yourand woman in black ticketsand today, showing at theand fortune theatre,and londonand for the most terrifying live theatre experience in the world! Andldquodonandt go unless you like being scared out of your witsandrdquo sunday mirrorandldquoone of the most brilliantly effective spine chillers you will ever encounterandrdquo the daily telegraphandldquothere are no mysteries to this showands longevity it works because itands a piece of highly effective craftsmanshipandrdquo the daily expressandldquoa marvellous exercise in spine tinglingand tension,and spun from perfectly paced storytelling and stagecraftandrdquo the independent |
