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HUNT GHOSTS WITH THE WOMAN IN BLACK AT BLACKPOOL'S GRAND

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01-03-2010 | Author: Press Office

Dare you take a Grand Ghost Tour after watching the
spine-chilling story of The Woman in Black
at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Thursday 18th March?

Blackpool’s Grand will be holding a special Grand Ghost Tour on the opening night of The Woman in Black - kicking off with a chilling talk in the Dress Circle Bar after the show and then a tour of the beautiful Victorian Grade II* listed building.

The most terrifying live theatre experience in the world returns to Blackpool’s Grand Theatre on Thursday 18th March. Are you ready for the haunting tale of The Woman in Black followed by a spine-tingling ghost walk around the darkened theatre?

Blackpool’s Grand will be holding a special Grand Ghost Tour on the opening night of The Woman in Black - kicking off with a chilling talk in the Dress Circle Bar with tea/coffee after the show and then a tour of the beautiful Victorian Grade II* listed building hosted by Stephen Mercer of Supernatural Events. The spooky tour will last approx two hours and tickets are £10.

Tour numbers are limited to 30 only, so book early, bring a torch and prepare to be spooked!

Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best selling novel The Woman in Black combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides the audience with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world.

A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of The Woman in Black, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep...

Now in its 21st year in the West End, over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most chilling and successful theatre events ever staged.

The Woman in Black by Susan Hill treads in the footsteps of the classic ghost story, following the tradition of Charles Dickens and M.R James, of Henry James and Edith Wharton. It is not a horror story or a tale of terror, yet the events build up to a horrifying climax. It relies on atmosphere, a vivid sense of place, on hints and glimpses and suggestions, on what is shadowy, heard and sometimes only half-seen, to chill the reader's blood to the marrow and make reading the book alone at night inadvisable for the faint-hearted.

Stephen Mallatratt's acclaimed adaptation for the stage remains entirely true to the book itself and uses much of Susan Hill's own descriptive writing and dialogue, while transforming the novel into a totally gripping piece of theatre.

View the trailer if you dare at www.thewomaninblack.com/trailer


The Woman in Black is at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre from Thursday 18th March to Saturday 20th March.
Thursday at 8pm, Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2pm.

Tickets from £16. Concessions available.


Post show Grand Ghost Tour ticket on Thursday 18th March - £10 includes tea/coffee.
Show ticket for The Woman in Black must be booked at the same time.
Meet in the Dress Circle Bar after the show.


Book your seats now by calling the Grand Theatre Box Office on 01253 290190, online at
www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk or at the Grand Theatre information sales point in the Houndshill Shopping Centre.




EDUCATION PACK:
An education pack for The Woman in Black is also available and offers in-depth exploration of the play with reference to the production process and interviews with the author Susan Hill and adaptor Stephen Mallatratt.
To download an education pack please click the link:
http://www.thewomaninblack.com/education.html



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Don’t forget - Parking is available at a discounted rate at the secure West Street Car Park, directly opposite the theatre’s entrance. Book your parking ticket when you book your show tickets from the Box Office and you can have parking from 5.30pm until 12.30am for only £2.50!

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Notes for Editors:

Peter Bramhill and Robert Demeger from The Woman in Black are now available for interviews.

Stephen Mercer from Supernatural Events is also available for interview.


The Woman in Black was first published as a novel by Susan Hill in 1983.
The play was first performed at the Theatre-By-The-Sea in Scarborough in 1987. The original production, adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, received rave reviews, paving the way for future productions throughout the country. It reached the West End in 1989 where it has been a major audience puller ever since. Its success has subsequently reached a global level, having spread to the US, South America and through to the Tokyo theatre scene, and beyond.


Peter Bramhill - Young Actor
Peter trained at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. He most recently appeared in King Lear at the Young Vic and Liverpool Playhouse. Previous to this Peter appeared in Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls, The Glass Cage, The Minaturists, Taming Of The Shrew, Thomas Moore for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award, Believe What You Will, Sejanus, Speaking Like Magpies, Gone Donkeys and Othello all for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Other theatre credits include Macbeth, Bone In The Teeth, the British premiere of Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi in Edinburgh and then London, Christopher Wren’s highly-acclaimed premiere production of Switchboard, Antony & Cleopatra and As You Like It for Michael Bogdanov’s English Shakespeare Company, Strangers In the Night and A Christmas Carol at the Birmingham Rep also directed by Michael Bogdanov.
Film credits include Mind Flesh, The Nugget Run, Justin Kerrigan’s Human Traffic, Jump for Simon Fellows and Love Roy.
Peter’s television credits include Dustbin Baby, Made with Magic, EastEnders, Holby City, The Bill and Footballers Wives.


Robert Demeger – Arthur Kipps
Robert Demeger trained at Central School of Speech and Drama.
Theatre credits include The Palace Of The End, The President's Holiday, The Revenger's Tragedy, The Glass Cage, Vieux Carre, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Henry Iv, Taming Of The Shrew, Richard Iii, Edward Ii, Oxygen, A Busy Day, A Christmas Carol, The Merchant Of Venice, The Duchess Of Malfi, The Seagull and Trelawney Of The Wells at the National Theatre, Rules Of The Game, Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf , Measure For Measure, The White Devil, Tommy and Detective Story.
For the RSC - As You Like It, Macbeth, Learned Ladies, L’enfants Du Paradis, Columbus, The Balcony, Playing With Trains, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Two Noble Kinsmen, Speculators, Richard Ii, King John, Much Ado About Nothing, The Henrys and Mary And Lizzie.
Television credits include Holby, He Kills Coppers, Dr.Who, The Infinite World Of H.G. Wells, Full Frontal, Waking The Dead, Maisie Raine, Dalziel And Pascoe, The Bill , Measure For Measure, London’s Burning, Inspector Wycliffe, Peak Practice, The Chief, Lovejoy, Comics, Minder, Inspector Morse, For The Greater Good, Forever Green, Boon, Luna, Down In The Valley, Great Expectations and Morgan’s Boy.
Film credits include Secret Passage, Longitude, The Young Poisoner's Handbook, Orlando and Wuthering Heights.


Grand Ghost Tours
Supernatural Events presents amazing experiences that will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and question all that you believe in! Join them on a Grand Ghost Tour and hear tales of ghostly sightings and sounds; and maybe have the chance to investigate the reported haunting for yourself!
Visit www.supernaturalevents.co.uk for more details.


For further Grand Theatre press information, interviews, images or review tickets please call:
Sarah Jane Wright
Press Officer
Grand Theatre, Blackpool
01253 743252
Email: sarahjane@blackpoolgrand.co.uk