Even More… Ghost Stories by Candlelight

Ghosts don’t always stay in the past….

In an ambitious co-production between HighTide and Pentabus, this year’s Ghost Stories by Candlelight will draw you into the secretive corners of the East and West of England for the first time before a London run at Battersea Arts Centre.

Now in its third consecutive year, the show brings together four contemporary ghost stories from Florence Espeut-Nickless, Simon Longman, Anne Odeke and Rosa Torr. This production will complete HighTide's trilogy of contemporary ghost stories, set amongst flickering candlelight, reimagining the genre for the 21st century.  

Director Elle While said today, ‘Growing up in rural Herefordshire, the supernatural was forever around the corner and I've always loved the possibilities of stories that question beyond the rational.  Getting to know the people and places of these contemporary ghost stories by the immeasurable talents of Anne, Flo, Rosa and Simon has already been a great joy and I can't wait to delve deeper and hopefully bring about a show filled with intrigue and surprises.'

Elle While the BAFTA winning Artistic Director of Pentabus, will direct Ben Castle-Gibb and Sarita Gabony.

The tour begins at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds on 6 October, with press night at Key Theatre, Peterborough on 11 October. It will then tour to 15 venues before concluding its run at Battersea Arts Centre from 4 – 8 November 2025. The performance at The Seagull, Lowestoft on 15 October will also feature a pre-show rehearsed reading of Libby Ruffles' Be Still and Know - which won HighTide’s Ghost Story Writing competition.

Join us by the candles. Just don’t let the light go out.

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