Stage a play
Nothing pokes at the division between fiction and reality quite like live performance. A play is a shared agreement between performers and audience to believe in something unreal together for a little while. And sometimes, that distinction between performers and audience doesn’t hold up much either.
Of course, that magic only sparks to life when a play is performed. We’re always up for chatting to anyone who’s interested in bringing shows like these back to life.
Left to right: Alexander Pankhurst as Carnacki and Ceridwen Smith as Dodgson
Photography by Nivine Keating. Cover design by Bruce Asher.
Audience with the Ghost Finder
by Matt Boothman, writing as M. J. Starling
An original weird tale featuring characters, settings and concepts remixed from the works of William Hope Hodgson and H. P. Lovecraft.
Premiered at Wandsworth Arts Festival, 2013.
Scripted. About 60 minutes. 2-4 roles.
Performance rights available on request.
“having been raised on a diet of 70s sci-fi and repeats of The Devil Rides Out, I had a whale of a time”
Lights Out
Developed by Matt Boothman, Chris Starkey, Richard Stratton, Chris Buxey, Alexander Pankhurst, Ellie Pitkin, Vikki Weston, and Natalie Winter
Part seance, part crime scene reconstruction, part roleplaying game, Lights Out is a fight against fate to seize a glimmer of hope - before the dark draws in.
Premiered at the London Horror Festival 2021.
Mainly improvised. About 60 minutes. 4-5 roles.
Performance rights available on request.
“thrillingly unconventional, sits in a sweet spot of tension and comedy, and is absolutely worth your time”