New Apollo Theatre Company

A double bill of classic horror stories: MR James' The Ash Tree and JH Riddell's Walnut-Tree House.

The Haunting of Walnut-Tree House:

For seven years it had remained empty while its owner wore out existence in fits of moody dejection or of wild frenzy in the madhouse close at hand. Edgar Stainton is called back from Australia to England by solicitor, Timpson, to take inheritance of Walnut-Tree House. The house has been deserted for the past seven years and its previous owner gone mad and committed suicide. What drove him to it? Is Stainton alone in the house and if not, what light can be shed on its mysterious occupant by Timpson and ex-housekeeper Mrs Thomas?

The Ash Tree:

The reverend Crome and Sir Matthew Fell sentence Mistress Mothersole to be burnt for the crime of witchcraft. What does her reply 'There will be guests at the hall' mean and what lies behind the sinister Castringham curse?

This is New Apollo's seventh consecutive season of fully cast and costumed Hallowe'en plays, all of which have received 4 or 5 star reviews from UK wide press and in many cases sold out completely.