I recently saw this in the Fortune Theatre and I have to say that that bloody door is the face of all my nightmares. Fantastic job at scaring us, after every scare you heard a scream and then the audience laughed at their screams it was truly an experience!
I was recently scheduled to go with my school, but due to the corona virus we can’t :( Nice to hear what you thought about it so I know what to expect!
Watched this last night and may I say absolutely terrifying! I screamed a couple of times and I wasn't alone! But may i say the whole production was incredible and amazing and completely exceeding my expectations! The sound effects were so real and left the audience on edge Me and my friends were paranoid throughout we sat at the back of the theatre right in front of the sort and we were petrified someone would creep behind us😂 best play I have ever seen though the actors did an incredible job and brought the story to life! UPDATE: After months I am STILL having nightmares!😵😩
We went to see Woman in Black probably 20 years ago _ my wife, young daughter and myself. Going in, our mood was dark because we hadn't been able to get tickets to the big plays in London and we had meager expectations for this play. We were so wrong. It was terrific. It was a highlight of our trip.
I saw this on Tuesday (25th of June), the evening performance, it was absolutely amazing, and walking back to the hotel the actress who played the Woman in Black cycled past us and scared the living daylights out of all of us!
Still not watched the film (will do very soon), but watched the production at the Wycombe Swan tonight. Absolutely loved it, very simplistic stage/props, but wow, does it work ..... and there were several screams in the audience, which to me, shows the power and psychological impact of the production, brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻
I directed this play in New Zealand without a gauze - even smaller theatre - and we did it in traverse so there was nowhere to hide for the actors. I used a projector and a hidden screen to do the "behind the gauze" moments. Was one of the best productions I've been associated with.
I watched a video in my English class where these two guys were taking about hamlet... Now I’m watching this video that’s unknowingly related, 5 hours before school in the morning
My local community theatre did a production of this play back around Halloween. At some point the effects person must have pulled the rocking chair too hard because it tipped over. So when Arthur goes into the room to investigate it's almost as if it had been nocked over by an angry spirit. I'm friends with the lighting tech and she confirmed that this was an accident.
Harvey Levene I've been to this this three times. It's so good. Initially, even I thought "How scary can a stage play be?!" ....but it's so clever. It has very few props so it calls on your imagination, which is the scariest thing off all. I found myself, yet again, afraid to go to the bathroom alone in the middle of the night. The fact is, "The Woman in Black" is an incredibly creepy story , so no matter what format it's in, it scares you. If you like big props, expensive sets, special effects & everything laid out for you, you probably won't enjoy it . If you like to actually get involved in a story, follow it, and let yourself believe it, it will haunt you. I hated the Hollywood version of the film. There were too many jump scares, & they really did lay it all out. It made it boring and silly, in a way. There was too much fantasy The book, the original BBC film, and Theatre creep you out in the "best" way, in that that they scare your mind. They don't tell you when to be scared, you just are. The play is actually Mr Kipps telling the story of what happened to him. That's why he's older.
MsMilano-Have to agree with you on the movie with Daniel Radcliffe, he was well cast but the film itself did not feel at all like Susan Hills original story, on the other hand I really love the original book as well as the play, & the BBC made for TV adaptation you mentioned was the stuff of my nightmares as a kid back in the late 90s.
