The Woman in Black announces UK tour after more than 30 years in West End

Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black has announced a UK tour after more than 30 years in the West End.

The long-running production will play its final performance at The Fortune Theatre this weekend (4 March) having played over 13,000 performances and been seen by over 7-million people in the UK.

The show first debuted at a pub in Scarborough in 1987 with the current West End production opening at the Fortune on 7 June 1989.

Following its record West End run, The Woman in Black will embark on a UK tour later this year, opening at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on Wednesday, 6 September 2023.

Following Wolverhampton, the tour will visit Cardiff, Billingham, Buxton, Aylesbury, Southend, Richmond, Poole, Nottingham, Liverpool, Norwich, Truro, York, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Ipswich, Glasgow, Milton Keynes, Dartford, High Wycombe and Crewe. Further tour dates and casting to be announced.

Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’.

He engages a young actor to help him tell his story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It begins innocently enough, but as they delve further into his darkest memories the borders between make-believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep.

The Woman in Black is directed by Robin Herford, with designs by Michael Holt and lighting by Kevin Sleep.

For more information and tickets, visit thewomaninblack.com