Selecting a Ghost at Stanley Arts Centre

Transforming the Georgian Grade II listed venue Stanley Arts into the medieval mansion backdrop of Goresthore Grange, audiences are invited to promenade from room to room with supernatural enthusiasts Silas and Matilda D’Odds on a hunt for their ghost. Based on the short story by Arthur Conan Doyle, who once lived and worked locally to the venue in Norwood, Selecting a Ghost is an eerily witty tale of a newly-wealthy couple who have bought all the trappings of nobility for their new mansion and are only missing one thing: a ghost. After exploring their home and realising that there’s no spectre to be found, it sparks a strange and spooky obsession that takes the audience on an unnerving journey as the couple put their trust in a stranger who promises to conjure them a spirit. In an epic finale, spectators will gather in the venue’s great hall and take part in a ‘Ghost Selection Ceremony’, which features award-winning local Hip Hop company Bird Gang Ltd(One Dance UK innovation in dance Award), combining classical theatre with contemporary dance and audience interaction. Will the D’Odds finally encounter their ghost or simply be left haunted by the ordeal?