Why can theatre be so terrifying?

Welcome to this episode of the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

It may not be Halloween, but there definitely seems to be a spooky season on UK stages – with Paranormal Activity making things go bump in the night, A Ghost in Your Ear sending chills down the spine and 2:22 A Ghost Story back on the open road (all before Dracula has begun performances in the West End!).  With that in mind, chief critic Sarah Crompton and editor-in-chief Alex Wood put on their bravest faces and discuss why fear works so well on stage.

Plus, in a complete tangent, why they’re both thrilled to bits about Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey teaming up with Marianne Elliott and Tom Scutt for Sunday in the Park with George.

Crompton and Wood host a weekly series on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future.

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