It Walks Around The House At Night  – LONDON DATES CONFIRMED! 

SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE 4 to 28 March  

The stage is set — for terror. This March, It Walks Around The House At Night makes its London premiere, following a tour that is close to selling out across the country. The show transfers to Southwark Playhouse for a month-long run — so if you haven’t yet snapped up a ticket, this is your chance. 

Written by Manchester-based playwright Tim Foley (Electric Rosary, Royal Exchange Theatre & Bruntwood Prize Winner; Driftwood, UK Tour; Doctor Who audio series, Big Finish Productions), the play explores fear, isolation and what happens when performance slips into something far more dangerous. 

George Naylor (Second Best, Riverside Studios; The Mousetrap, West End and UK Tour; Room 13, The Barn Theatre) plays Joe, an out-of-work actor who, short on money and options, accepts an unusual job playing a ghost at a remote country manor. What begins as a straightforward gig quickly unravels as Joe realises the house — and the grounds beyond it — are far from empty. 

He is joined by Oliver Baines (The House Party, Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong; Frantic Assembly’s Othello, UK Tour; I Like The Way You Move, Theatre Peckham) as The Dancer. Together, they create a charged, physical piece of storytelling that builds tension through movement, sound and moments that strike hard and linger long after the lights go down. 

The production is directed by ThickSkin’s Artistic Director Neil Bettles (How Not To Drown, UK Tour; Disney’s Bedknobs & Broomsticks, UK & Ireland Tour; The Unreturning; Frantic Assembly). Its unsettling atmosphere is shaped by Tony Award–winning sound designer Pete Malkin (Othello, National Theatre; The Encounter, Complicité; Let The Right One In, Royal Exchange Theatre) and Olivier Award–winning lighting designer Joshua Pharo (Wolf Witch Giant Fairy, Royal Opera House; Noughts & Crosses, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Hot Wing King, National Theatre). 

Neil Bettles, director of It Walks Around The House At Night, shares: 

“I’m excited to share this twisted new ghost story with our friends in London. It’s a thrilling and complex play about power and manipulation that will send a shiver through your spine.”  

Performance Dates 

3 – 7 February 2026 Chichester Festival Theatre 

10 – 11 February 2026 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

13 February 2026 Watford Palace Theatre 

18 – 19 February 2025 The Arc Stockton On Tees 

20 – 21 February 2025 Theatre By The Lake Keswick 

27 – 28 February 2025 Leeds Playhouse 

4 – 28 March 2025 Southwark Playhouse 

Wherever you are in the country, we hope that you will be able to join us for this fantastic new show! 

With warm wishes,
Laura Mallows
Executive Director, ThickSkin