Casting revealed for Oscar Wilde's THE CANTERVILLE GHOST at Southwark Playhouse

The cast of four valiant vaudevillians has been announced for Oscar Wilde's uproarious spectacular The Canterville Ghost, which will haunt and delight audiences at the Southwark Playhouse from 11 October-5 November, as part of a wider UK tour.

The gloriously ghoulish show, directed by Olivia Jacobs, is part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the award-winning theatre company Tall Stories. 

Matt Jopling (The Canterville Ghost, UK tour) will have audiences guffawing as the  comedian, and Callum Patrick Hughes (The Great Gatsby, The Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch) will conjure excitement as the  illusionist. 

Katie Tranter will read minds as a phenomenal psychic (The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Iris Theatre), and Steve Watts (My Fair Lady, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane/UK tour) completes the cast as the incomparable compere. 

These extraordinary entertainers will bring their sensational variety acts to the stage - woven  into Oscar Wilde’s spooky story of the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville, who vanished without a  trace 300 years ago. 

When the Otis family move into Canterville Hall, they're warned about the fearsome ghost that stalks its corridors. But the Otis family are a thoroughly modern bunch – has anyone warned the Canterville Ghost about them? 

Co-founder of Tall Stories and director, Olivia Jacobs, said: “I’m thrilled to be working on The Canterville Ghost with this talented bunch. It’s a show I have a huge affection for - a brilliant story with a lot of laughs but also a huge amount of heart. You never know what will happen behind the gates of Canterville Hall…”

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