Original Theatre announce 2025 tour of Ali Milles’ chilling thriller THE CROFT
Original Theatre, in association with Wiltshire Creative, presents Ali Milles’ critically acclaimed thriller The Croft on tour, opening at Salisbury Playhouse on 9 May.
Directed by Philip Franks, the production will star Liza Goddard (Noises Off, Doctor Who, Bergerac) and Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost, Steel Magnolias). Further cast and creatives are to be announced.
Guaranteed to set pulses racing, The Croft is based on a true story set in the remote Scottish Highlands. Two women arrive at a former crofters hut in the deserted village of Coille Gillie. Suddenly, the weekend getaway takes an unexpected turn. Cut off from the modern world, Laura and Suzanne find themselves drawn into the dark history of the Croft and the lives that passed before them.
In this bold and haunting play, the present interweaves with the past as ancient tales surface and the terrifying truth lurking in the Croft is revealed.
Following Salisbury, the tour will visit Coventry, Malvern, Bromley, Guildford, Edinburgh, and Liverpool.
Artistic Director of Original Theatre, Alastair Whatley, said: “I am thrilled that we are finally able to revive Ali Milles' superb new thriller which was last seen on the eve of the Covid Lockdown in 2020. Ali's play is a tender evocation of place, family and the ties that bind us to each other - often in ways we don't always understand. The reaction to the play in its curtailed first production was so exciting - I can't wait to return to the Applecross peninsula and to the magical and at turns terrifying Croft in Coille Gillie.”