Innovative and original theatre

Innovative and original theatre

Saturday 7 December 2019

A Winter Haunt - Shadows of Reading - 2019

It was lovely to be back at the Battle Library after a year's break. Two great shows with lovely audiences.

Let us raise a toast to them! Huzzah!

Here are some of the things they said...

"Very good. Nice Atmosphere."


"Really liked it."
















"Really funny and sometimes scary."

"So glad I came. Thank you so much."




"Really enjoyed it. See you next year!"

"Excellent!"

"Tell that snowman, we're here for him."

"Really funny! It was well done and cleverly performed."

"Really enjoyed it. Loved the Snowman! Great theatre."


"Very impressive.Enjoyed all the stories!"

"Very very good." Tell the snowman to see a therapist."

"I loved it. Very good. 😊"

"Everyone was amazing. I loved it, especially Mrs Dyer."

"Absolutely brilliant! P.S. I hope I wasn't laughing too much at the poor guy falling in the gravy."


See you next year!

Tuesday 3 December 2019

Winter Haunt - Ghost Gallery - 2019

Tickets still available!
Join us Thursday and Friday this week at Battle Library at 7pm.

Listen to the last hour of the Bill Buckley show as you wander the Ghost Gallery below... Chris Lambert, Nigel Wilson, Jack Walker and Francesca Earley wax lyrical about this year's Winter Haunt... Listen here...

Jack Walker as the Boy with the Bomb

Alice Parker as Mrs Dyer

Francesca Earley as Frances Kendrick

Terry Curran, Amanda Giles, Jack Winstanley and Natalie Bishop as The Host and his Librarians

Oli Cox as The Maiwand Lion

George Coker as John Pordage

Noel Kosta as Thomas of Reading

Saturday 23 November 2019

A Winter Haunt - Shadows of Reading - Battle Library - December 6th and 7th

The Shadows between the Shelves have returned...

Join us on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December at Battle Library for a spooky Yuletide treat...


A Winter Haunt - Shadows of Reading. 
Battle Library 
Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December at 7pm 
Tickets £5/£4 (concessions).

Tonight Battle Library is awash with Spirits.
Spirits from the past, the present and the spaces between.

Tonight you will take a journey. You will walk the spaces between the shelves, the routes between the worlds of fiction and reality, history and fantasy. You will meet spirits, some pleasant, some melancholic, some joyous, some wise and some utterly malevolent.

Join the Shadows Between the Shelves for a haunting yuletide treat.

Sunday 10 December 2017

A Winter Haunt - The Chill is Rising - Gallery

Natasha Trott as Mrs Dyer
George Coker as Trooper Potts
Oli Cox as Queen Victoria's Statue
Jonny O'Sullivan as The Naughty
Jon Neill as The Mourning Snowman
Jon Neill as The Mourning Snowman
Emily Lander as The Verger
Alice Smith, Nigel Wilson and Terry Curran as the Librarians
Jack Winstanley as Mrs Jarman
The Cast

A Winter Haunt - Thames Valley TV

We had a lovely time filming this report with Thames Valley News.
It really captures and celebrates the spirit of the event!

Saturday 4 November 2017

A Winter Haunt - The Chill is Rising - First Rehearsal


We have started to prepare for this year's Winter Haunt.
Now in it's fourth year, this exciting and chilling Christmas event has become something of a Yuletide tradition...
With 9 brand new scenes, new characters  and mix of comedy, history and horror prepare to be chilled...
Join us at Battle Library on Friday December 8th and Saturday December 9th at 7.30pm.

Tickets are £5/£4 (Library Members) and are available by contacting Miriam.Palfrey@reading.gov.uk

Nigel Wilson as the Chief Librarian will give you a chilly welcome
Emily Lander as the Verger tells us of a strange alternative Nativity story
Jonny O'Sullivan thinks he has escaped the Krampus
Jack Winstanley as Mrs Jarman lets you in on a secret recipe (with ingredients sourced from Reading)
Oli Cox as Queen Victoria gives insight into the history of Reading
The librarians prepare to beat the shelves...