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The Woman In Black

Booking until Saturday, 18th December 2010
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"Don't go unless you like being scared out of your wits"
Sunday Mirror
Shadowy ghost story based on the novel by Susan Hill, following the tradition of Charles Dickens and M.R. James, of Henry James and Edith Wharton. Book your tickets to see The Woman In Black at the Fortune Theatre now!
"Don't go unless you like being scared out of your wits"
Sunday Mirror
"A marvellous exercise in spine tingling tension, spun from perfectly paced storytelling and stagecraft. it's a cracker."
The Independent
This summer The Woman in Black is celebrating its 20th birthday in the West End. Since 1989, over 7 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting, spooky, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged.
Unanimously acclaimed by the critics, Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's best selling novel combines the power and intensity of live theatre with a cinematic quality inspired by the world of film noir. It is a formula that provides audiences with an evening of unremitting drama as they are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world. Now in its 20th year, over 4 million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most exciting, gripping and successful theatre events ever staged.
Please be advised that there is a large possibility of school groups being present at The Woman In Black, especially for Monday to Thursday performances.

Showing at Fortune Theatre

Fortune Theatre
Russell Street, Covent Garden
London

A small intimate traditional style proscenium arch theatre in the 'Art Deco style', this was the first West End theatre to be built after the First World War. The theatre is noted for having a 'hanging freehold' with the adjacent Scottish National Church - a corridor belonging to the Church runs along one side of the theatre's auditorium at ground level, with the stalls level under it, the Dress Circle level along side it, and the Upper Circle above it. The theatre was renovated in 1960.

Somewhat appropriately (or perhaps, rather unappropriately) considering the closeness this theatre has with the Church next door, the first production to be staged at this theatre was Laurence Cowan's play called "Sinners".

The theatre has had a rather chequered history as far as productions go. The first 'hit' here was "On Approval", a comedy of manners by Frederick Lonsdale, which had a run of just over one year in 1927. Then in 1957 the Flanders and Swan revue "At The Drop Of A Hat" run for 733 performances. In 1961 Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Jonathan Miller staged their revue called "Beyond The Fringe" here - the show run for 1,184 performances before transferring to the Mayfair Theatre. In 1979 the play "Murder In The Vicarage" had a run of 1,758 performances. The record for the Fortune Theatre's longest run though goes to "The Woman In Black", a thriller adapted by Stephen Mallatratt from a novel by Susan Hill, which originally opened at the Strand Theatre on 15 February 1989 before transferring to the Playhouse Theatre on 18 April 1989 and then finally to the Fortune Theatre on 7 June 1989.

Travel directions

Take the Piccadilly Line to Covent Garden and exit into the piazza. The theatre is approximately 5 minutes walk.

Nearest underground station: Covent Garden

Nearest train station: Charing Cross

Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 59, 68, 76, 77A, 91, 139, 168, 171, 172, 188, 243, 341, 521, RV1

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