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Nunkie Theatre Company presents “Count Magnus…”
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Two Ghost Stories by M R James, Performed by R M Lloyd Parry
Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Dec 7th, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 + £3 Concessions.
Supported by Arts Council of Wales’ NIGHT OUT Scheme.
This Autumn Robert Lloyd Parry brings a seasonal shiver to LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE, with his retelling of two of the greatest tales by M R James, the master of the English ghost story, in this the 150th anniversary of his birth.
In the classic spinechiller Count Magnus a travel-writer’s over-inquisitiveness leads to a breathless, diabolical chase from darkest Sweden to rural Essex. Denmark is the setting for Number 13, where a hotel room with the famously unlucky number, conceals a ghastly and baffling secret.
“At first they hear nothing at all. Then they hear someone – you know how far away it is – they hear someone scream, just as if the most inside part of his soul was twisted out of him.”
From Count Magnus by M R James
Every Christmas, Montague Rhodes R James (1862 -1936) would write and perform ghost stories, to entertain friends in his rooms in King’s College, Cambridge. Over a century later, these tales still have the power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one-man show gives theatregoers the opportunity to experience these chilling masterpieces in the manner in which they were originally enjoyed.
"M R James dedicated his stories to 'those who have at various times listened to them,'" explains Lloyd Parry, “and I try to evoke the tone and atmosphere of his original performances.”
Count Magnus follows the critically acclaimed shows A Warning to the Curious, Oh, Whistle… and A Pleasing Terror, which have toured the UK, USA and Ireland since 2005. Oh, Whistle… won The Dracula Society’s Hamilton Deane Award for best performance in the Gothic genre for 2007.
Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Dec 7th, 7.30pm
Romilly Road, Canton, Cardiff. CF5 1FH.
(029)20 631144
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