One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum at Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG

Using the original Edgar Allan Poe publications from 1840s, award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith faithfully brings to life the most terrifying tales, from the pioneering Godfather of Gothic Horror. In The Tell-Tale Heart, we meet a madman convincing us of his sanity, whilst explaining a murder he's committed, with meticulous detail. Then, in The Pit and the Pendulum, we join a prisoner attempting to escape the various torture devices of the dreaded Spanish Inquisition. 'Could not have been more wow-ed by this 'marathon of the macabre'' ***** (National).