The Victorian and Edwardian eras’ finest chillers and thrillers live again!
Don’t Go into the Cellar! theatre company bring new adaptations of nineteenth-century literature’s greatest ghost and horror stories to modern-day audiences. So leave this weary, workaday world behind, Ladies and Gentlemen, and join us for some good old-fashioned thrills, chills and chuckles.
But remember, whatever you do – DON’T GO INTO THE CELLAR!
Upcoming Don’t Go Into The Cellar Events
Science Fiction by Gaslight
An original show that explores the literary origins of Steampunk, with dramatic retellings of the finest classic Victorian science fiction, including tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells.
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Past Don’t Go Into The Cellar Events
Restless Graves
Don’t Go Into The Cellar presents: Restless Graves and other Ghostly Tales to put you in the mood for Halloween! Timeless Edwardian ghost stories.Beware the wrath of Mrs Mothersole in the terrifying tale of “The Ash-Tree”! Dare you learn the dreadful secret of “The Uncommon Prayer Book”? Tremble to the horrors unleashed by “The Fenstanton […]
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Conan Doyle by Candlelight
Don’t Go Into The Cellar presents: ‘Conan Doyle by Candlelight’As if creating the greatest detective in English Literature were not enough, Arthur Conan Doyle also penned dozens of truly stupendous ghost and horror stories.In this original stage show, we celebrate his creative genius with startling adaptations of several of his very best. A barnstorming theatrical […]
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