The Ghost Train - Manchester
Company: Told By An Idiot / Royal Exchange
Role: Assistant Director
Director: Paul Hunter
Cast: Sam Alexander, Ayesha Antoine, Femi Elufowoju Jr, Calum Finlay, Amanda Hadingue, Joanna Holden, Lena Kaur, Javier Marzan, Will Merrick
Company: Told By An Idiot / Royal Exchange
Role: Assistant Director
Director: Paul Hunter
Cast: Sam Alexander, Ayesha Antoine, Femi Elufowoju Jr, Calum Finlay, Amanda Hadingue, Joanna Holden, Lena Kaur, Javier Marzan, Will Merrick
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Reviews
Manchester Evening News
'prides itself on a style of theatre that’s larger than life. Marking the fine line between comedy and tragedy, through collaborative writing and anarchic physicality'
The Stage
'In reviving Arnold Ridley’s 1923 thriller, Told By An Idiot may have found the most perfect vehicle for their madcap brand of physical comedy and fourth wall-breaking antics yet... this production manages to both honour the goosebump-inducing intent and fun Scooby Doo-like mystery of the original while mining its own rich vein of knowing humour, executed with more warmth than Patrick Barlow’s similarly parodic reimagining of The 39 Steps. Time and time again, the company makes ingenious use of the Royal Exchange’s in-the-round setting, realising an impressive array of coups de theatre before our very eyes.'
The Reviews Hub
'Told By An Idiot’s production is distinctive, innovative and everything theatre should be... Cleverly directed and constructed, [The Ghost Train] certainly does not live up to the company’s namesake. ‘Told By An Idiot’? Told by a genius perhaps…"
North West End
'There couldn’t be a more perfect venue for this hilarious and at times scary comedy thriller.'