Fury as top London theatre warns audiences its Halloween production contains references to death
A TOP theatre hosting Halloween-themed ghost stories has warned would-be watchers that the production contains references — to death.
The Globe, original home of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked plays, is worried audience members might take fright.
Its trigger warning states the candle-lit tales — which begin today on London’s South Bank — include themes of “murder, rape, sexual references, strong language, illness and death”.
Theatre fan John Siddley said: “What is the world coming to when producers have to warn audiences that a Halloween production of scary ghost stories might touch on death.
“It’s madness and, ironically, might just prove the death of me!”
Bosses at the theatre, a recreation of the 1599 original, say the “chilling” tales, which follow 2023’s sell-out nights, hail from East Anglia’s “haunted counties”.
They add: “Ghosts don’t always stay in the past.”
Theatre newspaper The Stage described last year’s production as “chillingly modern horror stories, imaginatively written and performed with gothic flair”.
The Globe was invited to comment.