Bolton playwright and actor Joe O'Byrne is bringing his critically acclaimed ghost story to The Met in Bury.

The Haunting of Blaine Manor is a nod to M R James, Edgar Allan Poe or H P Lovecraft and the Hammer Horror Classics

It tells the story of renowned American parapsychologist Doctor Roy Earle, famous for discrediting hauntings and exposing fake mediums, is invited to attend a seance in what is said to be the most haunted building in England, a building with a horrific history, Blaine Manor.

Set in England, 1953, Doctor Roy Earle is invited to attend a seance in Blaine Manor, said to be the most haunted building in England.

However, Earle’s arrival awakes something horrific within the manor’s walls. As a raging storm closes them off from the outside world, Earle and his companions find that what is waiting within the manor is not nearly as horrific as what has entered with them.

In the spirit of M R James, England’s most accomplished ghost story writer (Casting the Runes, Whistle and I’ll Come To You My Lad, The Haunted Doll’s House) and with a nod to the classic black and white film classics of Columbia Pictures, Metro Goldwyn Mayor, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox.

O’Byrne’s award winning production is a love letter to both the Golden Age of Hollywood and the Hammer Horror Era.

It’s a thrilling haunted house chiller set in a manor with a twisted history of madness, witchcraft, tragedy and death.

The show takes to the stage on Friday, November 17 at 8pm.

For details visit

https://themet.org.uk/event/haunting-of-blaine-manor-2023/