West Midlands
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Dr Jeckyll And Mr Hyde – Phil Daniels Shines
The dark and chilling Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was brought to sinister life by the majestic Phil Daniels at the Wolverhampton Grand last night. Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic psychological drama of metamorphosis and evil madness is a brooding tale with moments of pure terror and kept audiences uneasily spellbound as it spun its web of murder and menace. Dr Jekyll is a highly respected doctor, living the life of a bachelor and scholar. A trip to see his widowed sister sees him taking the books belonging to his father which talk of metamorphosis and whether we will ever untangle the mysteries of the mind. Soon Dr Jekyll is conducting…
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Turn Of The Screw Raises The Chills At The Wolverhampton Grand
It is generally agreed the the 1961 film ‘The Innocents’ is one of the most frightening of all ghost stories, based on the classic Henry James novel ‘The Turn of the Screw’, the story of a governess who may, or may not be seeing malevolent ghosts is thought provoking, chilling, and ultimately unexplained. Now the story is chilling audiences at the Wolverhampton Grand with a satisfying new adaptation that has all the menace and lack of answers as the original. The Governess (a fabulous Carli Norris) is engaged to look after two orphans by their uncle, with the clear instructions that she is totally responsible for their care and is…
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Sweeney Todd At The Wolverhampton Grand – Gothically Good.
The notorious tale of Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street arrived at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre last night, performed by the Walsall Operatic Society. The Stephen Sondheim musical classic is a dark and macabre tale of murder, madness and cannibalism, all held together by a glorious score and just a little humour. In the hands of the WOC, it showed that it still has the power to thrill and horrify an audience at the same time. Benjamin Barnes has just arrived back in London, 15 years after being transported to Australia for life on a trumped up charge. He arrives with a family reunion on his mind, for…
