Classic Ghosts can be seen at the city centre venue until Saturday, January 17, and stars Jack Shepherd (Wycliffe) with Terrence Hardiman (The Demon Headmaster).
This is a lavish new production of two spine-tingling masterpieces.
The Signalman, by Charles Dickens, is adapted by Francis Evelyn.
Set in 1880, this is Dickens’s exquisitely unnerving tale of a tormented signalman who is haunted by visions of impending disaster on his
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isolated stretch of line. Can a well-meaning traveller, who chances upon the lonely signal box while out walking, calm the man’s fears before he spirals into self-destruction?
Also to be performed is Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come To You, My Lad, by M.R.James, adapted by Margaret May Hobbs.
M.R. James was a master teller of the creepy ghost story.
This is the story of Professor Parkins, a Cambridge academic on an out-of-season holiday at a bleak English east coast hotel in 1907.
At an old graveyard near a deserted beach, he finds an old bone whistle.
On cleaning it, he discovers the inscription: Quis est iste qui venit (“Who is this who is coming?”).
Blowing the whistle he awakens a disturbing supernatural force.
A terrifying ordeal follows and though his scepticism tries to dismiss his unearthly encounters, his eyes and ears cannot…
Tickets to see to see these two spinechilling tales are £9.50 - £25.50, with concession and group rates available.
For more information and to book tickets, you can call the box office at Derby Theatre on 01332 593939 or go online at www.derbytheatre.co.uk