David returned to Downton’s highly anticipated third series this autumn. His many other TV roles have seen him star in I Claudius, The Flame Trees of Thika and Monarch of the Glen. Films include the Academy award-winning drama Young Victoria and Elizabeth The Golden Age. David’s theatre credits include productions of Hamlet and King Lear at the Almeida Theatre.

Celebrating Dickens 200th birthday, David will be joined in this chilling two hander by Coronation Street and Cold Blood actor James Roache, playing the young book dealer who stumbles across a dark and terrifying secret within a dark crumbling mansion.

James Roache, son of actor Bill Roache, has featured in TV dramas including ITV’s Cold Blood and the feature Rise of the Footsoldier. His recent work includes a 20-episode story in Coronation Street as the deceptive rogue James Cunningham, on-screen grandson of Ken Barlow, who is of course played by his real life father. James will be making his professional tour debut in The Haunting.

When David Filde is employed by a former associate of his uncle to catalogue an impressive library, he finds an incredible array of rare and antiquated books. But as a series of strange and unexplained events conspire to keep Filde from his work, he realises that if he is to convince his sceptical employer that the mysterious phenomena he is experiencing are real, they must journey together to the very edge of terror, and beyond, to discover the source of the ghostly night-time visitations.

Book Tickets
The Haunting will visit Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn between Monday 5 and Saturday 10 November.

To book call the box office on 01743 281 281 or visit www.theatresevern.co.uk.

Times: 7.30pm (Mon –  Sat) 2.30pm (Weds and Sat)
Prices:  £18 – £24 (Mon- Thurs Eves), £20 – £26 (Fri and Sat Eve),  £16 – £22 (Mats).