A stellar cast of TV favourites are bringing top crime author Peter James’ spine-tingling new world premiere play The House on Cold Hill to the Theatre Royal stage this Spring. Prepare to have your nerves officially shredded between the 18-23 March 2019!
The no.1 best-selling author’s all new ‘page-to-stage’ thriller will be brought to vivid life by award-winning actress Rita Simons (Eastenders), and BAFTA nominated TV hearthrob Joe McFadden (The Crow Road, Heartbeat, Holby City, and winner of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing 2017).
Best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the long-running BBC1 drama, Rita will play the role of ‘Caro Harcourt’, wife of McFadden’s ‘Ollie’. Their daughter ‘Jade’ will be played by Persephone Swales-Dawson (villainess Nico Blake in Hollyoaks) making her professional stage debut with Eastenders favourite Charlie Clements (Bradley Manning) playing ‘Chris’.
In James’ ghostly mystery, which is based on his own real-life experience, the Harcourt family – Ollie, Caro and daughter Jade – move into the house of their dreams, an old, dilapidated Georgian mansion which has lain empty and neglected for the last forty years. However, their ‘perfect’ home quickly turns into the stuff of nightmares, as they begin to sense that they aren’t the only residents at Cold Hill…
The ghostly thriller follows the incredible sell-out stage success of Not Dead Enough, The Perfect Murder and Dead Simple, which have been huge hits on the Theatre Royal stage in recent years.
The House on Cold Hill will reunite Peter James with two time Olivier-nominated theatre producer Joshua Andrews, the Olivier award winning director Ian Talbot and award-winning writer Shaun McKenna. Also joining the company are Padraig Lynch as ‘Fortinbras’, Tricia Deighton as ‘Annie’ and understudy Zoe Hickson, with further casting to be confirmed.
The House on Cold Hill plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Mon 18 – Sat 23 Mar 2019. Tickets are priced from £14.50 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 08448 11 21 21 (calls cost 7ppm plus your phone company’s access charge).