We rest our lantern near the stage of performance storyteller & writer @nunkie.bsky.social - Robert has toured the definitive M.R. James project for many years to great acclaim. Just one of the delights to enjoy in the extensive Nunkie repertoire. Delve deeper...
www.nunkie.co.uk/theatre-shows
Claire's on BBC Radio WM speaking to Darren Harriott at 11.46am today, talking all things Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit tour - including our performance at Wolverhampton Arts Centre on 28 April!
Listen on @bbcsounds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#wolverhamptontheatre
next Sunday, 26th, a liverstreamed telling of a curious, labyrinthine ghost story by M R James: "Mr Humphryes and his Inheritance"
Register and pay-what-you-can here
livestreamhumphreys.eventbrite.co.uk
Refreshing to see ghost stories spotlighted as part of #goallin. Alongside exceptional podcasts #BrokenVeil @gralefrit.bsky.social @willmac23.bsky.social& @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social &performance storytellers inc @nunkie.bsky.social @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social
weepingbank.com/recommendati...
Church steeple under a red sky
Tickets are going quickly for our first visit to The Edge Arts Centre in #MuchWenlock, #Shropshire, on Sat 21 November.
'The Oratory'
A chilling tale from #WeepingBank - the acclaimed ghost story experience, bridging the gap between page and stage.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/edgeartscent...
@kickstarter.com now live!
Annotated Facsimile #MRJames manuscript
bit.ly/OhWhistle
Contributors include:
@accordingtojond.bsky.social @helengrantsays.bsky.social @manoghosts.bsky.social @theprofrog.bsky.social @nunkie.bsky.social @profdarryljones.bsky.social @jfmachin.bsky.social
1 hour until the Kickstarter goes live...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Who is this who is coming?
vimeo.com/1182187623
Claire has arrived in Wakefield for tomorrow night's show (16 April) And what a stunning space we get to perform in - watch Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit at Theatre Royal Wakefield tomorrow night:
www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/events/haunt...
#wakefieldtheatreroyal #wakefield
Launching this Thursday @ 5pm UK time - The Haunted Archive's facsimile manuscript edition of M.R. James's 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad."
Annotated with new illustrations.
Pre-register at Kickstarter: bit.ly/OhWhistle
FYI @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social @bschillace.brandyschillace.com
Writing Competition
A Monkey With Cymbals theatre company is holding a write-response activity during the UK tour of their show 'Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit'. Find out more about it here: www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk/writing-comp...
#theatre #playwright #ghoststories #gothic
Make way for the patriarchs of evil...
Sunday 26 April. A livestreamed telling of M R James's "Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance". Register and pay what you can here: livestreamhumphreys.eventbrite.co.uk
Pass it on...
art by Paul Lowe
A man's face in red with variations of the same face receeding into darkness
Two men seated by a microphone.
We cast our lantern over the cursed pages of @tbodal.bsky.social - original&classic stories masterfully written, adapted&performed by @adamzed.bsky.social (host of @ghoststorybookclub.bsky.social) - new show Deepest Fears&podcast Deadvault with @mikemuncer.bsky.social coming soon.
adamzrobinson.com
Errie photograph of a witch by a lake.
Tickets are now on sale for our return to #Leicester this November. Dare you hear the legend of Pock?
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
7 ghost story performers on Bluesky
If you enjoy #ghoststories #folklore #horror & #gothic we aim to share the work of the finest live performers - including master racontuers @nunkie.bsky.social @adamzed.bsky.social @tbodal.bsky.social @jamescswanton.bsky.social @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social and @weepingbank.bsky.social
I'm off to the post office later, so if anyone wants to take advantage of this offer (and save £7.50), now's a good time to let me know...
'Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit' comes to the Theatre Royal Wakefield in a week's time on 16 April. And how apt, considering how many ghosts have been apparently spotted in the area, both at the Black Horse Pub and Wakefield station! www.theatreroyalwakefield.co.uk/events/haunt...
A labyrinth of dread coming your way online on Sun April 26 @ 8pm(UK): "Mr Humphreys And His Inheritance" by M R James. A livestreamed telling by R M Lloyd Parry.
Catch up anytime after the livestream, but be sure to register and pay-what-you-CAN in advance here livestreamhumphreys.eventbrite.co.uk
James Swanton
James Swanton as The Mummy
Our lantern light falls on the extraordinary @jamescswanton.bsky.social - a masterful actor who has brought chilling life to phantoms & monsters on the big & small screen. James also performs the ghost stories of #CharlesDickens - an essential event for all storytelling fans. www.jamesswanton.com
Nice little plug for Haunted Shadows in the Wakefield Express for our @trwakefield.bsky.social show on 16 April
www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/whats-on/thi...
Our Library Challenge encourages people to discover the #ghoststory in all its forms, visit their #library to explore further & share their favourites.
Libraries can download the booklet, but anyone can discover #ghoststories right now at www.weepingbank.com/library-challenge
#GoAllIn2026
👻🎃📖 Trailer time! Here's an extract from the wonderfully spooky #TheListener by #AlgernonBlackwood, the #Halloween2026 offering from Neu Noir Theatre Company, read by yours truly:
youtu.be/qiMdt5RaTlo?...
Two spaces remain for this guided walk of Cambridge on Friday, looking at the stories, lives and haunts of some of the many writers of the supernatural who have lived in the city...
gwotc26.eventbrite.co.uk
'Haunted Shadows: The Gothic Tales of Edith Nesbit' will tour to the Ellen Terry Barn Theatre in Kent on 25 April.
Find out more about Kentish writer Edith Nesbit's spooky childhood and the gothic tales it inspired:
www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk/haunted-shad...
#edithnesbit #ghoststories #tenterden
Consider this: coming on Friday ay 7.30pm to the Cambridge Leper Chapel to hear some stories by and about the lesser known horror writer, Frederick Cowles (1900 - 1947). Including a story set in the Leper Chapel itself...
tickets here cowlescambridge.eventbrite.co.uk
Claire Louise Amias
Quotation
Our first recommendation to see on tour in 2026. @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social chilling performance in #HauntedShadows. Directed by horror film historian Jonathan Rigby and endorsed by the legendary #MarkGatiss
www.amonkeywithcymbals.co.uk/haunted-shad
Last night we launched the Weeping Bank Library Challenge, inviting you to discover The Librarian's tales & the spooky stories that inspired him.
www.weepingbank.com/library-challenge
Thanks to Emma of the National Literacy Trust, who joined us to talk about the #NationalYearofReading2026.
Title card for Season 10 Episode 180, Edith Nesbit's Ghost Stories, featuring Claire in a black gothic dress. She looks perturbed by something. Probably a ghost
Episode 180
EDITH NESBIT'S GHOST STORIES
Watch the interview and other content on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkDM...
Listen on the website:
www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-180....
Or via your podcast app
Join me and @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social to learn about Edith's gothic tales
