R M Lloyd Parry of Nunkie Theatre recreates two tales from the master of the English ghost story.

First performed to friends at Christmas at King’s College, Cambridge, his eerie tales have woven their way into the fabric of our imaginations. Nunkie Theatre bring two of these uncanny stories of lurking malevolence back to life – and where better to do so than the splendour of the oldest library of its kind in the country?

‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ – a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – is considered by many to be James’s masterpiece.

It is beautifully complemented here by ‘The Ash Tree’, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations.

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Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality

The Times

Lloyd Parry’s mastery of the role… is itself an act of possession

The New Yorker

Storytelling at its finest…

The Stage

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