The Woman in Black comes to Vancouver’s Metro Theatre, October 11 to November 2

Bernard Cuffling stars in and directs what the Guardian has called “one of British theatre’s biggest—and scariest—hits”

By Gail Johnson

Bernard Cuffling.

 

 

Metro Theatre presents The Woman in Black from October 11 to November 2

 

ONE OF THE longest-running plays in the history of London’s West End, The Woman in Black, is coming to Vancouver’s Metro Theatre from October 11 to November 2.

Adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt from writer Susan Hill’s thrilling ghost story of the same name, this version is directed by British-born Vancouver theatre artist Bernard Cuffling, who also stars in the work.

The Guardian has called The Woman in Black “one of British theatre’s biggest—and scariest—hits”. Having run for 33 years, it is Britain’s second-longest running play after The Mousetrap.

The story follows lawyer Arthur Kipps, who’s recently widowed and grieving the loss of his wife when he travels to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric gentleman’s affairs in order. Soon after he gets there, he learns that the villagers are hiding a terrible secret and discovers that his late client’s house is haunted by the spirit of a woman who is trying to find someone and something she lost. No one, including the town’s children, is safe from her wrath. 

 

 

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