The Black Veil
Presented by Rumpus Theatre Company
THE BLACK VEIL is a chilling play by John Goodrum, based on Charles Dickens’ classic Victorian short story thriller.
Newly-qualified doctor Stephen Ruggles has just arrived home on a stormy winter’s evening and is warming himself by the fire. A mysteriously-veiled elderly woman arrives at his door and begs him to visit a nameless patient at daybreak the following morning. Against his better judgement, Ruggles agrees, only to find himself embroiled in a web of lies and deceit that ends in death … but for whom!
Rumpus uses all its usual “excellent acting, sound and lighting” (remotegoat.co.uk) in this sinister, suspenseful thriller to take the audience on a dark and intriguing journey from the backstreets of Dickens’ London to the East End docks to an electrifying climax in a watermill on the outskirts of the city.
Packed full of atmosphere and shocks, THE BLACK VEIL is “a chilling thriller [that] leads the audience down several blind alleys before revealing all with a clever double twist … nothing is as it seems” – theargus.co.uk
£18.00 per person
£15.50 conc, £13.50 KTC/KYT, £14.50 tea matinee (all prices inc fees)
Free teacher tickets available, contact Box Office for details
Age Guidance: 12+ (The production contains no bad language or nudity)
The production contains dramatic lighting and sound effects.
Approximate running time: 2 hours (inc interval)
