Something Wicked This Way Comes

Saturday Play: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury


Dramatised by Diana Griffiths

Will .. Theo Gregory
Jim ... Josef Lindsay
Charlie ... Henry Goodman
Mr. Dark .. Kenneth Cranham
Mr. Coogar/
Lightening rod salesman ... Gerard McDermott
Miss Foley ..... Barbara Barnes
Dust Witch ... Buffy Davis
Robert .. Taran Stanzler
Young Miss Foley ..... Amelia Clarkson
JED ..... Ethan Brooke
Composer ..... David Paul Jones
Sound ..... Paul Cargill
Produced/Directed by Pauline Harris

Set in 1960's Illinois this gem of modern Gothic literature is the memorable story of two boys, James Nightshade and William Halloway, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight. These two innocents, both aged 13, (Will is born one minute before Halloween, and Jim one minute after) save the souls of the town (as well as their own). This is a vivid variation on the eternal theme of the fight between Good and Evil. A thrilling, chilling, richly kaleidoscopic sound world ensues; a shimmering mirror maze that reflects your older or younger self, depending on your desires, and a magic carousel that plays Chopin's Funeral March forwards - with each rotation you gain a year, and rotating backwards - you get younger.