Writer/Director Becca Chadder on La Voisin

An arresting performance and skilfully crafted script.

A remarkable solo performance from James Swanton

packed full of every cliché expected in slasher horror

Superlative performance of four gothic masterpieces.

Matthew Jameson on The Space Arts Centre

Pros: A sparky performance from the cast using physicality to strengthen a weak script. Cons: Disappointingly weak plotting, and a complete lack of suspense in a play that pitches horror as its central theme. Presented as part of the London Horror Festival, The Wolves of Erin tells a folk horror story in the vein of classic movies like Witchfinder General and The Wicker Man, two brilliant examples of the genre that naturally sets the bar very high. Curiously, the story begins in Northern ...

The telling of a chilling murder case through story-telling and story-showing makes for an hour of questioning what is truth, and what might be beyond our imagination

A play that takes an alternative look at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Set in a prison the story follows four people brought back from the dead and held captive by Dr. Frankenstein, awaiting their as yet unknown fate together.

Poe’s classic gothic tale is let down by a sketchy adaptation that strips away all semblance of drama.