Daniel Kitson is to do a run of shows in London later this year.
He explains in his latest newsletter that last year he wrote a show for Halloween called Maybe a Ghost Story.
He previously read it out at the Globe Theatre and now he is restaging it at Wiltons Music Hall from October 30th to November 4th. This is the websitre blurb:"
One Halloween, maybe forty years ago, me, my mum and my brother turned off every light in the house and waited just inside the front door, for my dad to get home from work so we could frighten him. We’d made frightening lanterns from turnips and we’d learned a frightening song about witches.
But when my Dad walked in he wasn’t frightened.
He was, if anything, visibly relieved.
Apparently, having found the house in complete darkness he’d immediately been concerned as to the whereabouts and wellbeing of his family. Which meant that opening the door to find his sons waggling candle lit turnips and singing about being witches was, actually, quite close to comforting. Later, he said he’d been worried by all the lights being off and I felt bad about causing that worry.
I still do.
Originally written and performed last year for 2 nights over Halloween at the Globe Theatre, and restaged this year for one week only, amidst the singular majesty of Wiltons Music Hall, this is a uniquely seasonal show by Daniel Kitson that is definitely funny, possibly frightening and maybe, just maybe, a ghost story."
Wiltons has just announced its autumn season where tickets go on sale from July 5. But subscribers to Daniel Kitson's Newsletter can get advance access to tickets with a special code. Sign up here.
Pictured - Daniel Kitson in Edinburgh, ooh, ages ago. Photobombed by my friend Louise in the shadowy background. ©brucedessau
