Overall, she decided, "This show is not scary enough to cause nightmares, nor is it gruesome or graphic or gory; it's more human than the creepiest horror movies. I absolutely love this play, the way Danny robins builds up the tension is fantastic by using sounds as well as lighting to keep the reader on the edge of their seats. An argument with Sam about a window which appears to open itself leads to a confession from an exhausted Jen that she has heard ghostly footsteps in the baby’s nursery and the sound of a man crying at the same time each night (you guessed it, 2:22 am) since Sam has been away. The Czech premiere production opened on 8 September 2023 in Prague’s Drama Club, directed by Braňo Holiček. Human interaction shouldn’t be the hardest thing to credit in a drama that has furniture moving on its own accord.

Anna Fleischle’s imposing and clever set design makes you feel you are in a terraced Victorian house being renovated – skylights, exposed brick, stripped back wallpaper and a skylight. Nathaniel: I do not believe in ghosts, and frankly, if I did, I wouldn’t be able to do the show because I’d freak myself out too much. is actor Stephanie Beatriz’s West End debut, and it was a pleasure to see her on stage after enjoying her performances in Brooklyn Nine-Nine and In the Heights. Robins says at this point Felton gave him a strange look and told the author to look up his Wikipedia entry.The two argue, and tensions arise further when the group discover Phoebe's teddy bear in the bathroom drenched in white spirit. Spine-chilling, funny and scary, Danny Robins' play 2:22 was premiered at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End in August 2021, directed by Matthew Dunster, and starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and Jake Wood. If this anecdote sends a shiver down your spine or at least makes you smile at the coincidence, you’ll have a grand time at his show, which places a good old-fashioned ghost story at the center of a relationship drama. It seems a long way from the audience, and the gaps at the sides are disconcerting; this is another production that would ideally have been staged at the King’s.

Above it all hovers a menacing red digital clock that counts down to the titular 2:22 with a perpetual dread. It’s a sin star Nathaniel Curtis and EastEnders Louisa Lytton head to Norwich Theatre Royal in the spine-tingling play 2:22 A Ghost Story . On 1 May 2023, an Australian production was announced, opening at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne on 25 July for a four week season. I saw the production starring Constance Wu and Anna Camp in Los Angeles, and the West End production starting Cheryl. And with no shortage of star power – the Ahmanson cast comprises of “Crazy Rich Asians” lead Constance Wu, Emmy-nominee Finn Wittrock, “Pitch Perfect” actor Anna Camp and “Ozark” star Adam Rothenberg.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Cheryl gives an impressively confident and credible performance of the scared, tired and somewhat neurotic new mother. After discussing the strange noises, Jenny persuades the others to stay up until 2:22am to see what happens. In 2017 he created the podcast “Haunted,” followed by several others including “The Battlesea Poltergeist” with Toby Jones and his latest, “The Witch Farm,” with Joseph Fiennes.