Haunted

Synopsis

A nightmarish journey through the mind of a double murderer in this psychological, supernatural and erotic comedy-thriller. Having convinced the courts that both were accidents, the murderer has been found ?not guilty'...twice. Now the only way for justice to be done is for the guilty party to confess to both murders - but how to make him confess? Take delight in the funny, sexy and supernatural ?roasting of the cad' as his two avengers ensure he gets his ?just deserts' and explore the intriguing question of whether romantic relationships develop after death.

Our Review:

Paul Lucas-Scott - 17 May 2012

Let’s just say that you have been given the task of casting this new play by Ron Aldridge. You have Peter Amory – an actor well-known from Emmerdale – and Nick Ricketts – a recent Cambridge graduate who has one previous production to his credit. The two roles to be cast are for older and younger cousins, and you have 50 year-old Amory and 22 year-old Ricketts. It seems to me a very obvious choice, and yet the producer and director Ian Dickens has messed it up quite royally.

Having said that, casting Amory as the younger cousin (and double murderer) Paul Pengelly with Ricketts as the spirit of his older cousin Richard Tremayne, is the least of his crimes in a piece which doesn’t seem to know exactly what it is or where it is heading. Even the publicity for the show seems to be having difficulty, as the re-titled play is listed as a psychological, supernatural, erotic, comedy thriller which appears to offer a little bit of something for...

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