Chilling storytelling that will give you the shivers
ON Saturday, January 19, at Touchstones Rochdale, The Book of Darkness and Light in association with Little Mighty presents Shivers by Adam Z Robinson, a trio of delightfully thrilling new ghost stories, set to the haunting sounds of the violin.
Adam Z Robinson is a writer and theatre maker.
This, his most recent production, Shivers, premièred in September 2017 at Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax.
The show was also performed at Harrogate Theatre.
Shivers is touring nationally – to more than 35 theatres.
His play, The Book of Darkness and Light, has toured to over 50 theatres and other venues since 2016.
Adam co-wrote Seaside Terror with Odd Doll Theatre.
The show toured nationally in winter 201718 and had a fantastic reception, enjoying several excellent reviews.
Adam’s short film The Split, directed by Ed Rigg (Confection, Passenger) and starring Edward Hogg (Taboo, Indian Summers, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell), premièred at the Manchester Film Festival in 2015.
It was selected for the Cambridge Film Festival, Berlin’s British Shorts festival and the London Short Film Festival.
On the strength of its festival selections, The Split was submitted to BAFTA for consideration.
In Autumn 2014, Adam’s play Conscientious toured nationally, visiting theatres such as Hull Truck, the Oxford Playhouse and Bradford’s Theatre in the Mill.
The production, directed by Alex Chisholm, was originally developed at the West Yorkshire Playhouse as part of its Summer Sublets Residency.
The play was revived for a couple of special performances in 2016 in collaboration with The University of Leeds.
In 2013, Go On, My Son, a comedy short which Adam co-wrote and codirected with Nick Coupe was supported by the Roundhouse, London and funded by the Ex Animo Foundation.
Go On, My Son was viewed more than 20,000 times in its first week of release online.
Adam is currently working on two new theatre projects: a new storytelling show called This Storm is What We Call Progress, directed by Fringe First award winner Dick Bonham and a brand-new piece of theatre called Smile Club, which he is cowriting with author Andrea Heaton.
Adam is also a photographer and you can find out more about his photography work at www.pikchures.com.
The Book of Darkness and Light in association with Little Mighty presents Shivers by Adam Z Robinson will be showing on Saturday, January 19, at Touchstones Rochdale, the Esplanade, Rochdale.