NIGHT TERRORS The Ghost Stories of E F Benson

Schedule

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

The Acorn Theatre, Parade St, TR18 4BU Penzance, United Kingdom | Penzance, EN

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Night Terrors is an evening of three classic ghost stories by EF Benson. The stories are: The Dance, In the Tube and The Confession of Charles Linkworth.
Performed to the accompaniment of an original musical soundscape, all three tales conjure a chilling atmosphere.
“Logan is astounding…he takes a great script and flies it to the stars.” Edinburgh Review
Gerard Logan trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he won the Bancroft Gold Medal.
He has played leading roles at the National Theatre and the RSC, where he was nominated for an Olivier award. Gerard won The Stage newspaper’s “Best Solo Performer of the 2011 Edinburgh Festival” award for his acclaimed performance in Gareth Armstrong’s production of Shakespeare’s The Rape of Lucrece.
He won the “Best Actor” award at the 2014 Buxton Fringe Festival and was nominated for the Michael MacLiammoir Award for “Best Male Performance” at the 2016 International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival for his performance in Wilde Without the Boy. Gerard is currently touring internationally with The Rape of Lucrece, Wilde Without the Boy, Night Terrors – The Ghost Stories of EF Benson and Hauntings.
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