The Woman In Black

Theatre Royal & Concert Hall, Nottingham
Saturday, October 20th

http://www.thewomaninblack.com/

The Women in Black Story
Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the house’s sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman dressed all in black at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold. This feeling is deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black – and her terrible purpose.
Years later, as an old man, he recounts his experiences to an actor in a desperate attempt to exorcise the ghosts of the past. The play unfolds around the conversations of these two characters as they act out the solicitor’s experiences on Eel Marsh all those years ago.

From watching the film earlier in the year and finding out that there was also a theatre performance, also based on the Susan Hill novel, I looked to see whether there were any performaces I could go and see. When I first looked there were only shows in the west end which I could not get to or afford, so when seeing a poster in nottingham advertising the perfomance I booked ticets to see it.