Ghostly Tales at Lancaster Castle on October 16-17 is the seventh annual celebration of ghost story fiction at the venue.
In the run-up to Halloween, four actors from the castle’s resident professional theatre company Demi-paradise give intimate readings of contemporary and classic stories in low-lit historic crown court, library, drop room and cells.
Philip Martin is a Lancaster-based writer and The Forgetting is the company’s first commissioned story. Inspired by Philip’s experience at last year’s event, it delves into the real and imagined dark history of the castle.
A retired BBC radio drama producer, Philip’s TV writing credits range from Z Cars, Gangsters, and Dr Who.
Lionel Shriver (We Need to talk About Kevin) has granted Demi-paradise the right to voice her story Repossession, a modern-day morality story set in London.
In The Violet Car a nurse goes to care for an elderly couple haunted by the driverless car that hit and killed their daughter.
The Phantom Coach, set in a Christmas snowstorm on bleak northern moors, is probably the most famous of Amelia Edwards’s dozen stories of the supernatural.