Audiences are impored to keep the production's secrets to themselves and we have no intention of spoiling them for you here but we can tell you that the play takes the form of a lecture on supernatural phenomenon with a series of case studies being enacted. These case studies are the ghost stories referred to in the title. The stories are varied enough and inventive enough to make very distinct set-pieces anchored by some great performances from a small cast headed up by Mr. Nyman himself.
Nyman is probably best known by horror fans from the much under-rated Severance as well as the loathsome television presenter who meets a rather sticky end in Charlie Brooker's excellent zombie satire, Dead Set. If you haven't seen it seek it out, it's a blast and Nyman steals the show. He is also something of a showman and having a solid history in trickery and mind-fuckery, having worked very closely with |
