The Woman in Black
October & November 2024

Written by Stephen Mallatratt
based on the novel by Susan Hill

Arthur Kipps engages a skeptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. As the two men reach further into Kipp’s darkest memories, the borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep.

The Woman in Black is a dramatic thriller adapted for the stage by Stephen Mallatratt, from the best-selling novella by Susan Hill

  • Suitable for:

    Adults & older children 12+.

  • Drama Thriller

    Creepy
    Spooky
    Certified to scare

  • Content Warning

    Spooky or frightening moments, possible jump scares, fog, and implied child death.

  • Relaxed Performance*

    *Click the title to read more about "Relaxed Performances"

Audience Reactions:

Blithe Spirit

Thanks to rctheatreco for their presentation of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit at the Surrey Arts Centre. It is a fabulous & hilarious production featuring Ellie King as Madame Arcati plus other local artists.

Linda Annis
Surrey Councillor

Blithe Spirit

We were in the audience at Surrey Arts Centre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.

Penny Priddy

Blithe Spirit

Excellent!

Deb Nelson

Blithe Spirit

We saw this show tonight and really enjoyed it!

Rebecca Bea

Blithe Spirit

We all enjoyed the laughter last night! Thanks for clever personalities flair, story & neat set with spooky moving parts! Look forward to more this season!

Pattie Petrala

Blithe Spirit

We were in the audience @surreyartscentre last night. The play was thoroughly delightful. You were your always talented and artistic self and the audience loved you for it. We went home and checked out the 1949 Blithe Spirit movie with Margaret Rutherford. So wonderful to be back at live theatre. Thank you to all who made this happen.

Penny Priddy

Cast

Crew

Nicole has taught and directed people of all ages but focuses on working with children. She is a drama teacher and runs LARPing camps at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts and has recently directed for Shadows and Dreams Theatre Company and consulted on a few independent circus acts. As a theatre artist she has worn many hats but prefers teaching, directing, and choreography. Her training includes clowning, puppetry, mask, circus arts, and dance. She believes that theatre is an amazing tool for teaching creativity, flexibility, and acceptance and focuses on collaborative creation and collective storytelling.

When not working as a high school drama teacher, I am the co-founder of Shadows and Dreams Theatre Company, where I’ve directed Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labour’s Lost. As a writer I adapted The Snow Queen for the stage and wrote an original play The House for Trinity Western University. I am the recipient of the Betty Lambert Playwright Award and made the longlist for the Voyage YA First Chapters contest.

Despite having always had an interest in technical theater, Samuel has not pursued it seriously until recently. After thoroughly enjoying his work last year on Ghost of a Chance and Last of the Red Hot Lovers, he looks forward to working more and more and creating better and better designs with RCTC.

This season, Stephanie has properly moved into the position of Technical Director, and Sound Designer, as well as continuing as Company Stage Manager. So is therefore far too busy building the sets, sourcing props, gathering various comedy noises, and wrangling the rest of the Stage Management team, various casts, and assorted production staff, to write a highly detailed bio, for whichever program is before you. Not even quite sure which month, or even day, it currently is. But, whenever you’re reading this, the show you’re about to see is incredibly hilarious. So sit back, relax (not that much!), and enjoy!

*And remember to breathe!*

Stephen is a Hydrostatic Recertification Technician by day and theatre geek by night. As one of the founding producers of Shadows And Dreams Theatre Co, he can be found in the bandshell at Queen’s Park every summer showing off his Shakespeare. Recent roles include Jaques in As You Like It  (S&D) Arthur, Sir Bors, and half the other characters in Spamalot (White Rock), and Wooster in Jeeves Intervenes (G7). When not on stage, he is often called upon as a Fight Choreographer, recently having worked on The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery (RCTC), Tale of Two Cities (Gallery7), and We Are The Body (Pacific Theatre). As always, he’d like to thank his family for their love and support.

Jordan signed up for theatre school because she wanted to have a job that would be ever changing, with each show presenting its own unique challenges so she would never get bored. Now, she is drawn to theatre for its special brand of magic in the creation and immersion of the world of a show. While she isn’t shy of performing, she prefers to support shows backstage through Stage Management or Design. You may have seen her Jellyfish in Wild Light (Little Dipper Theatre Co.), or impressionist dipped props in Our Town (Little Dipper). Jordan gives “props” to the fabulous team behind the scenes of Cheaters and hopes you enjoy the show!

Emily Walker is a recent TWU Art and Design graduate. A visual artist, usually working in graphite and acrylic, Emily began working in the theatre world in the role of assistant stage manager in Trinity Western University’s The Miracle Worker, her first production. Currently, Emily works as the Theatre Assistant Technical Director at TWU.

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Show-Dates- Woman in Black

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Surrey Arts Centre

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October 247:30pm
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October 262:00pm
October 267:30pm
October 272:00pm
  
Anvil Theatre
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October 317:30pm
November 17:30pm
November 22:00pm
November 27:30pm*
November 32:00pm
  

*Relaxed Performance:

To make a more welcoming space for those with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, anxiety or anything that may make seeing a live performance difficult, we offer our tickets at half price, the audience lights are dimmed instead of dark, music and sound are quieter and the doors to the theatre are open if you feel the need to leave the space at any time.

NEW This year we are also offering ASL interpretation during the production. If you would like to be near the ASL interpreters, the will be stationed on the right side of the stage (Audience Right). 

This is offered in partnership with the Massey Theatre Society. Thank you to our sponsors!