Anyone seen the stage show? What's it like

I'm not gonna spoil it for you combatreview, but look very closely at your programme, The Woman In Black is credited! As for my tuppence on this play, I thought it was abso-phucking-lutely-fan-bloody-tastic! I thnk the only thing I would like to add that hasn't been mentioned, is the fact that I loved the way the tension was created, and how the firs act lulled you into a false sense of comfort, and made you think "Oh this is OK, but it's just two blokes talking about a story that a pimply teenager might tell at a party to a bunch of eight year olds he's not allowed to scare" then the second act begins, and your straight into it, with the Actor asleep on the bed, the air is electric, then all of a sudden he jerks up, jumping out of a frightful dream, and he gets a good scream out of the audience... then he hears the creepy noise from upstairs, he walks over to the locked door on stage right, reaches out for the door handle... and then the screams really begin, and they don't stop for the rest of the play! Everyone in the theatre came out absolutely terrified! And when we got back to our hotel room we came in and there was this howling wind in our room and a flapping sheet, and we all screamed and then realised we'd left the window open when we'd gone out! Later on in the night, we heard a very familiar noise coming from the room above ours, it was of course the scary noise from the show, and we all looked at each other (four of us, two couples) and the colour drained from our faces, me and my mate wanted to look tough in front of our girlfriends so we went upstairs to check it out (as soon as we'd got round the corner out of sight of the girls, we were practically hugging each other in fear!) we got to the room above ours, and we could still hear the noise but it was much louder, I reached for the door handle, just as I put my hand on the handle a scream came from the room, but this scream was different from the one in the play (not that, that stopped us from jumping out of our skins in terror!) so we knocked on the door, and the noise stopped. Someone came to the door... opened the door slowly... and then we realised it was a lesbian couple enjoying a romantic night together, so the night was a complete charade of terror! But the show still phucking scares me, we saw it about this time, last year and we're gonna see it again in two weeks (and we're gonna see The Producers the night after! Woo!) and we're actually bracing ourselves for going in!

3 weeks and 1 days till Half Blood Prince and another bout of Pottermania hits us!

I saw this stage show the other week with my college at the Fortune Theatre and I really enjoyed the first half....however we were unable to see the second half due to technical difficulties and all had to leave, having only seen half the play! Spooooky! What I saw was brilliant- really amazing atmosphere and the concept of the whole play being a rehearsal was so clever! I watched the film version today at college and I'm ashamed to say it really freaked me out in places! I'll definately go back to London to see the whole play because I hear the second half is the scariest!

Watching them kiss is like watching Rhinos do battle....- Gately

Ha ha, only TWO I think you mean!

My sister and I took my Mum to see this play for her birthday a couple of years ago.

My sister had seen it on a school trip about 6 months before hand and she said it scared the cr*p out of her. My Mum had seen it years and years ago (probably a school trip) and she told me that it frit her half to death but also how brilliant it was.

Prior to actually watching the play, I wasn't phased at all. I couldn't understand what the big woof was all about and I eventually came to the conclusion that both my sister and my Mother were the biggest wusses in the world.

How wrong did I turn out to be?!?!?!

For the first half, I was pretty relaxed. Quietly enjoying myself, experiencing no panic attacks, I was almost mellow in fact. I was just taking in the acting the story and the atmosphere - no problem. Brilliant.

Then the second half began and I was transformed into some kind of ridiculous petrified muppet.
I don't know what it was about this play that got to me - but it was something.
I was leaping, shrieking and gasping throughout. Every so often I would jump a little way out of my chair and cling on to my poor little sis who must have thought I was behaving like a right wolly.

Still, absolutely brilliant. I'd "jump" at the chance to go and see it again! Truly fantastic.

The next time I'm back home, I'll be paying the Fortune Theatre a visit!

i just watched saw the show a few days ago, and, being someone who is used to stuff like this, was totally 100% freaked out of my own body! The 2 main characters give off such a strong performance. The sound was used best. one thing that made me jump, was a really really loud scream from the back of the theatre without any warning. The effects were used well too, with doors unexpectably slamming shut, and a rocking chair moving by itself, those were just so disturbing and effective.

Think i'll try and find the movie tommorow...

"i am frank & frank must go, i good you bidevening"

I thought the stage show was absolutely awsome. I was so scared when I came home, I made my mum let me sleep in her bed! I was like, "The Woman in Black is gonna get me!!! *bursts into tears*"
It doesnt help that I have a rocking chair in my house.
My friend went to see it a few weeks later and she ended up sleep walking, which she has never done before....creepy.
I am so making my mum go and see it again with me, as she took great pleasure in telling everyone how scared I was!
Hahahaha she has a big surprise waiting for her....