- Venue Ambassadors Theatre, London
- Performance dates Booking to 2 March 2024
- Running time 1 hour 15 minutes (including interval)
- Age guidelines 12+
“Catherine Tate and David Threlfall deliver the shivers” – The Guardian
Catherine Tate and David Threlfall star in thrilling new ghost play The Enfield Haunting at the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre.
The Enfield Haunting is the extraordinary true story about one of the most famous poltergeist events in the world.
Based on the first-hand accounts of one of the ghost hunters, The Enfield Haunting is the true story of what happened when a dedicated single mother tries to protect her three children from something that is incomprehensible, deeply disturbing and is hurtling to a terrifying conclusion.
Catherine Tate (Dr Who, Queen of Oz) and David Threlfall (Funny Woman, Shameless) star in the world premiere of this major new play by Paul Unwin, co-creator of medical drama Casualty.
The Enfield Haunting is playing at the Ambassadors Theatre in London from 30 November 2023 to 2 March 2024.
The Hodgson’s had no idea what a poltergeist was when, in the summer of 1977, furniture and toys started moving of their own accord. They were an ordinary, working-class family, who lived in a North London council house at 284 Green Street, Enfield, but for the next eighteen months became the centre of one of the most famous poltergeist events in the world.
Janet, the possessed sixteen-year-old, was nearly pulled out of a window. The local ‘lolly pop lady’ saw her floating six feet in the air in an upstairs room and Janet was found fast asleep in a neighbours’ bed. There are tapes of Janet growling for hours in a voice that doctors said would destroy a sixteen-year-old girl’s vocal cords after a few minutes.
The story is set on one night in the spring of 1978 when events were approaching a climax.
Maurice Grosse was one of the ghost hunters. A kind and protective man, he was determined to help the Hodgson’s but as the night unfolds it slowly becomes clear that he is searching for something that he is convinced that only Janet can help him find.
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Performance Information
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Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of The Enfield Haunting?
Catherine Tate as Peggy Hodgson, David Threlfall as Maurice Grosse, Ella Schrey-Yeats as Janet Hodgson, Grace Molony as Margaret Hodgson, Jude Coward Nicoll and Noah Leggott sharing the role of Jimmy Hodgson, Mo Sesay as Rey, Neve McIntosh as Betty Grosse, Daniel Stewart as Writer/Old Man and Understudy Maurice, Stacha Hicks as Understudy Peggy and Betty, and Jasmine Spence as Understudy Janet and Margaret.
Who are the creative team of The Enfield Haunting?
Written by Paul Unwin, and directed by Angus Jackson.
Lee Newby (Set and Costume Designer), Neil Austin (Lighting Designer), Carolyn Downing (Sound Designer), Paul Kieve (Illusions Consultant), Sophie Holland, CDG (Casting Director), Laura Cubitt (Movement Director), Kate Godfrey (Voice and Dialect) and Roberta Zuric (Assistant Director).
Lee Newby (Set and Costume Design); Neil Austin (Lighting Designer); Carolyn Downing (Sound Designer); Paul Kieve (Illusions Consultant); Sophie Holland, CDG (Casting Director); Laura Cubitt (Movement Director); Kate Godfrey (Voice & Dialect); Roberta Zuric (Assistant Director); Frankie Fearis (Casting Associate); Patrick Molony (Production Manager); Fahmida Bakht (Props Supervisor); Joan Hughes (Costume Supervisor); Rebecca James (Company Manager); Olivia Roberts (Deputy Stage Manager); Erin Davis (Assistant Stage Manager); Lisa Brindley (Wardrobe & Wig Manager); Fiona Steed for Smith & Brant Theatricals (General Management).
Venue Information
Ambassadors Theatre , West Street, London, WC2H 9ND
Nearest Tube or Train: Leicester Square (Northern line, Piccadilly line)
Nearest Buses: 14, 19, 22, 24, 29, 38, 40, 176
Critics' reviews of The Enfield Haunting
"Catherine Tate and David Threlfall deliver the shivers" - The Guardian
"[Catherine Tate's performance] became more nuanced and the best thing in it" - Evening Standard
"Straddles the threshold between the rationally explicable and the unfathomable" - Telegraph
"Ella Schrey-Yeats and Grace Molony are suitably creepy as Peggy’s wayward daughters" - The Times


















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