“Put it down, you fool! Do you want to look through a dead man’s eyes?”

Two chilling and thrilling tales from M R James, the master of the English ghost story.

In A View from a Hill a pair of old binoculars reveal the grisly history of an idyllic stretch of English landscape. In The Treasure of Abbot Thomas a treasure-seeker comes face to face with unspeakable horror at the bottom of ancient well.

Dead Men’s Eyes is the sixth instalment of Nunkie’s M R James Project, a series of one-man shows that seek to revive the tradition of oral, supernatural storytelling that was perfected by Montague Rhodes James in Cambridge in the years leading up to World War One.

“The perfect mix of humour, warmth, apprehension and profound unease. A most pleasing terror…” The Sunday Times

***** Riveting… The Daily Mail

“Lloyd Parry’s mastery of the role is itself an act of possession.” The New Yorker

“Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality” The Times

“My friends and I really enjoyed it, the atmosphere [at The Folly] was superb… I always feel that the spoken word is such a luxury, to be read to, or performed to, feels such a treat.” Attendee at A Pleasing Terror performed at The Folly.

Please note that this year's performance takes place within The Folly Coffee House.

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