The Haunting of Hill House stage adaptation – first look at rehearsals

Take a look inside rehearsals for the new stage adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House. 

Based on Shirley Jackson’s novel (turned into a wildly successful Netflix series), the production is adapted by Olivier and BAFTA Award-winner Stef Smith and directed by Martin Constantine. The show is produced by Wiltshire Creative in association with Theatr Clwyd and is presented by Mark Puddle with Alexander “Sandy” Marshall and Patrick Myles.

Constantine directs Jasper Britton (Dr. Montague), Jemma Churchill (Mrs Montague), Sian Howard (Mrs Dudley), Sophie Lenglinger (Theo), Robin Morrissey (Luke), and Clancy Ryan (Eleanor), with Darryl Oakley and Eleanor Hague as understudies. 

The tour will open at Salisbury Playhouse on 11 September, before visiting Richmond Theatre from 6 to 10 October, where the national press night will take place on 8 October. The production will then continue to Theatr Clwyd, Theatre Royal Brighton, Palace Theatre Manchester, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse and the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, where the run concludes on 14 November.

The creative team includes designer Ti Green, lighting designer Chris Davey, sound designer Johnny Edwards, composer Harry Blake, video designer Duncan McLean, illusion designer Will Houstoun, movement director Georgina Lamb, associate director Bobbie-Jean Henning, and general manager James Quaife for Luminous Entertainment Group.

The story follows a group investigating the mysteries of Hill House, where their research leads to unsettling events within the building.

Jackson, who lived from 1916 to 1965, wrote six novels, two memoirs and more than 200 short stories during her career, including The Road Through the Wall, Hangsaman, The Bird’s Nest, The Sundial and We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

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