Overview
- The 90-minute production is running in the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs studio through January 31.
- George Blagden plays an actor recording a ghost story as Jonathan Livingstone’s engineer oversees the session, with both performances singled out for strength.
- The show uses binaural audio via audience headphones and a dummy head to place whispers and effects in precise space, with an uncredited Mark Gatiss voice noted by critics.
- Conceived by Armitage with sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, the piece adapts techniques seen in Complicite’s The Encounter and the Donmar’s 2023 Macbeth.
- Reviewers report potent scares and an engrossing concept, though some cite stilted dialogue, pacing issues, and concerns that headphones reduce the shared experience.