The Woman in Black Tickets - Fortune Theatre

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Venue Information

Fortune Theatre,
Russell Street, Covent Garden,
London,
WC2B 5HH

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Seating Plan

Directions

Take the Piccadilly Line to Covent Garden and exit into the piazza. The theatre is approximately 5 minutes walk.

Show Information
Booking From:Friday, 01 January 2010
Booking Until:Saturday, 18 December 2010
Matiness:Tuesday 3pm, Saturday 4pm
Evenings:Monday to Saturday 8pm
Running Time:2 hours

The Woman in Black

This is a powerful, bleak and intense production which combines live theatre with the cinematic quality of film noir.  It follows in the tradition of the ghost story and yet it is not a ghost or horror story as we would imagine it.  It does however use the devices of atmosphere, tension and shadowy goings on to create a certain uneasy and spine-chilling experience.

It is set on England’s bleak and unforgiving east coast, around the flat salt marshes beyond the Nine Lives causeway.  In this harsh setting is a house called Eel Marsh House.  It is a tall, forbidding structure which is also isolated and so does not invite visitors or casual callers.

A Mrs Alice Drablow lived  all alone here and has recently died, again all alone.  A junior solicitor called Arthur Kipps is sent by the senior partners in his firm to attend to all the subsequent legal matters.  He travels up from London to attend her funeral before tackiling the relevant paperwork. 

This is a lonely task and at first he is unaware of what really went on behind those shuttered windows.  The only feeling he is aware of is that of a sense of unease.  During the funeral he spots a young woman dressed all in black with a pinched, and drawn face who later appears in the graveyard at the side of the house.  Who is puzzled by her and so asks questions from the locals but they are extremely reticent about her existence, and as it turns out with good reason. 

So, Kipps decides to find out for himself and waits until he sees her again.  She duly appears and gradually reveals her identity to him and her terrible purpose.   

This tale follows in the footsteps of such esteemed writers as Charles Dickens, Henry James and Edith Wharton.  It will leave you on edge throughout before leading you to a blood-curdling climax.  Not a tale for those of a sensitive disposition.  

IT was first performed back in 1987 to rave reviews.  It then went to the West End where it has been a major attraction for audiences ever since.  It has also attracted global acclaim in the US, South America and Japan to name but a few.

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