Two Ghost Stories by M R James 

Performed by R M Lloyd Parry 

"Sometimes, you know, you see him, and sometimes you don't. It's just as he pleases. I think: he's there, but he has some power over your eyes..." 

M R James first wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in Kings College Cambridge.  He is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. Now, 120 years after their first publication, Nunkie Theatre Company have bought some of his eeriest and most entertaining stories back to life in this gripping, candlelit one-man show. 

Matinee

Lost Hearts was among the first stories the author wrote and it offers one of his most memorable villains, the predatory scholar Mr Abney. It is paired here with perhaps James's most poignant and personal work: A Warning to the Curious, in which a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure.

Evening

Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast - is considered by many to be James's masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented here by The Ash Tree, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations.