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Off soon to The Lowry for some ghosts at Christmas courtesy of M R James
A Warning To The Curious: Two Ghost Stories by M.R. James
Following the sell-out successes of A Pleasing Terror and Oh Whistle, Nunkie Theatre Company return to The Lowry. In The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral a murderous cleric falls prey to an ancient curse, built into the very fabric of his church. It is paired here with A Warning to the Curious, in which a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure. The English seaside has never looked so menacing.
Suitable for ages 13+.
via thelowry.com
Saw Nunkie Theatre's "A Pleasing Terror" a while ago at The Lowry and it was amazing. Robert Lloyd Parry makes a wonderful M R James / storyteller and anyone who loves M R James should try and catch Nunkie if you get the chance.
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Off out soon for more ghosts at The Lowry...
A PLEASING TERROR: TWO GHOST STORIES BY M R JAMES
Performed by Robert Lloyd ParryThis critically acclaimed one-man show is an atmospheric retelling of two of the earliest and greatest tales by M R James - the master of the English ghost story.In Canon Alberic's Scrap-book, a young Cambridge antiquary discovers the devil in the details of an old book in a medieval town in the French Pyrenees… In The Mezzotint a ghoulish revenge is enacted within a work of art, before the helpless eyes of a museum curator in Oxford . . .A Pleasing Terror has been performed over 100 times since premiering in M R James old office in the Fitzwilliam Museum in December 2005. Many performances have been in venues closely associated with the author: Eton College, Great Livermere Church in Suffolk, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the Provosts Lodge and Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.A Pleasing Terror was nominated for the 2006 Dracula Society Hamilton Deane Award.Suitable for ages 13+Performance lasts approx 100 minutes including interval.
WARNING: CONTAINS MOMENTS OF PLEASING TERROR
