Review: Ghost Stories
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Lyric Hammersmith, London W6
Is it possible to feel fear in the theatre? Yes it is, if Jeremy Dyson’s and Andy Nyman’s evening of terror tales is anything to go by. It takes the form of a lecture delivered by paranormal expert Prof Goodman (Nyman) who relates stories of ghostly encounters experienced by others, and one that happened to him when he was a boy and called by his schoolmates “Jewy Goodman”. Despite the jibe, it was not he who was the victim there. Take a cushion, and I don’t mean to sit on.
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