Ad Lib Theatres latest theatrical offering Ghost Hunting is coming to 2 Island venues later this month.
Ad Lib Theatre are back – this time with a brand new comedy written not by Shakespeare but by Island writer Maureen Sullivan, author of the sell-out ‘Bard in the Sand a few years ago. Ghost Hunting brings back together the talented team which has staged a string of incredibly popular Ad Lib Shakespeare plays, the most recent being Taming of the Shrew in June.
Karen the Ghost Hunter can see ghosts – at least, that’s what she tells her gullible public. But the illustrious former residents of the Island know the living can’t see them….until they meet Bernard. And now the ghosts of Queen Victoria, Dickens, Sir George Carey and even Shakespeare himself have a link to the modern world, they can influence events in 2024 – can’t they??
So Bernard finds himself besieged by requests to plan a Deathday party, complete with jelly, ice cream and balloons….to rebuild Carey’s Mansion at Carisbrooke Castle, oh and go to court to get the Castle back for Lady Isabella’s relatives who, she is sure, rightfully still own it. King Arwald begs to disagree with her – although he has Cadwalla to deal with, in an argument that’s been going on for about a millennium…. Meanwhile, Shakespeare is equally keen to prove he wrote his own plays – and insists the school curriculum needs changing…. and Dickens needs the pages turning for his public novel readings.
But there’s a witch finder on the loose – it’s going to take all the skills of the living and the dead to thwart his evil plans! Meet the ghost of the Prince Regent at Northwood House; the wandering romantic spirit of Keats; wobbly-headed Charles I; the formidable Isabella, Lady of the Island and many more in a spookily silly spectacular which has been described as Blackadder meets Ghosts meets Horrible Histories.
Coming to a stage near you: on January 30th and 31st at Northwood House and February 1st and 2nd at Bembridge Village Hall, this hilariously historical play is the perfect antidote to the January blues. Get your ticket now and have something to look forward to in that post-Christmas and New Year period….
Book for the Northwood House shows at: Ad Lib Theatre presents “Ghost Hunting” (Comedy Play) – Northwood House
Book for Bembridge Village Hall at: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ad-lib-theatre or call 07747738338
Maureen Sullivan is a regular contributor to Island Echo’s coverage of the Arts on the Isle of Wight. Maureen has been actively involved in the Island’s amateur dramatics scene for several years, appearing in many different roles and guises with several theatre companies. In her free time, Maureen also writes and reviews at iwtheatre.org.
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