Christmas Ghost Stories

While Dickens is the author most often associated with Christmas, another esteemed English writer created an enduring body of work centred around the festive season.

C M.R James, dean of Kings College, Cambridge and later provost of Eton, began presenting his ghost stories to a select gathering in his study on Christmas Eve, continuing the long tradition of spooky Christmas eve tales.

His readings took place in candle light, just as Dolmen

Theatre’s presentation of Ghost Stories for Christmas performed by Jack Montgomery will in the Studio Theatre at An Tain Arts Centre.

Playing M.R James, Jack Montgomery will present two stories. In ‘Barchester Cathedral’ the death of an Archdeacon is followed by unnerving and supernatural events which terrify his successor and in ‘A Disappearance and Appearance’ a man searches for his missing Uncle over Christmas and has a macabre nightmare which may hold a clue to his mysterious disappearance.

This atmospheric candlelit production directed by Ultan Hodgers will give audiences the chance to step back in time over 100 years and relive the experience of James’s guests.

Ghost Stories for Christmas runs from Thursday December 12 to Saturday December 14 at 8pm.. Tickets €13.50 & €10.50 plus €1.50 booking fee per ticket can be booked online at www. antain.ie or phone 0429332332

The talented young performers from Starmaker Stage School present ‘All Kinds of Everything’ on Sunday evening at 6pm in An Tain Arts Centre,