Ghost Stories

Synopsis

Three men gather, each with an uncanny tale to tell: their chilling stories will bleed off the stage and into your dreams.

Our Review:

Michael Hunt - 10 February 2010

There are plenty of obstacles one has to overcome before watching Jeremy Dyson’s and Andy Nyman’s world premiere theatre production Ghost Stories.

Before you even step into the auditorium you are aware that the show has a parental advisory – children under the age of 15 are banned from watching it – and anyone who has a nervous disposition are advised against seeing it, as too are pregnant women.

The Liverpool Playhouse has also cranked up the health warnings with more St John’s Ambulance teams readily available than usual at the theatre. Added to all of this is the Playhouse’s own connection to the paranormal and spiritual world, thus it is reportedly haunted and has its own resident ghost called Elizabeth, which the actress Pauline Daniels had once told me about.

Co-writer and co-director Nyman himself makes an appearance in Ghost Stories as Prof Philip Goodman, who fastens the whole play together with a lecture b...

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Latest User Review

TheatreLover - 20 September 2010:

This show was singularly the biggest waste of my time and money of anything I've attended in the West End in the last couple of years. At the end of the show we were asked not to reveal the 'secrets' of Ghost Stories, but I'm about to... The secret is that it's absolute cr4p...don't waste your money going to see it! I feel sorry for the actors, as they're doing a job and insofar as that goes, they performed well, but when it comes to the premise of the whole thing, and the writing...don't get me started!! It was weak, lame, childish...take your pick. There were 3 main scenes and as someone else said, a whole lot of padding around those scenes'. There was one main 'shock' per scene which wasn't very shocking, and a feeble effort to tie some of the scenes together at the end. Along with turning the air-con down to give you a physical chill and wafting smells through the auditorium, this was one for the Trade Descriptions authorities. I was outraged at the blatantly false advertising surrounding this show, along with the totally unnecessary health-warnings for those of a nervous disposition, not to mention the 'way too kind' reviews in the trade-press. In short, I was disgusted by the gall of these writers and producers to take my money for that rubbish, and disgusted with myself for falling for it!!...

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