Check out what's on offer. I admit I was sceptical. I was wrong. The story clearly unnerves the group, but they are soon distracted by the discovery of a ouija board. After some persuasion, they use it, and the phrase that appears is play come and play .
Further investigations lead to the discovery that the door is locked, and panic begins to take over.
It is only then that they realise what they ve done Written by Joseph H. Gibbons, an unpublished young playwright, The Dark provided the perfect way to spend Halloween night. The whole cast gave fantastic performances as the group s playful bickering and adolescent taunting changed to fear, and they began to turn on each other. The audience, who clearly identified with the early banter and drunkenness of the five friends watched helplessly as the characters descended into mass hysteria. Despite seeming a bit marginal at the beginning, Louise Jones Kate really dominated the conflict scenes towards the end and her desperation for her comatose boyfriend, Richard, provided the most powerful performance of the evening. Bush s delightfully camp Chris also deserves a mention, as his softly spoken rendition of the ghost story was genuinely chilling and was fundamental in setting the mood of unease which the play rests upon.