The Turn of the Screw at Seymour Centre

Seymour welcomes acclaimed independent theatre company Tooth and Sinew to perform within the Seymour Season for the first time, co-presenting the world premiere of Richard Hilliar’s theatrical adaptation of Henry James’ classic novella The Turn of the Screw from the 21 July to 12 August.

The Turn of the Screw is a creeping and malevolent exploration of the way the crimes of the past poison long into the future. A governess is sent to an isolated country estate to care for two children, only to discover that things are not at all as they seem. The children are charming, if perhaps a little too precocious. For a while everything seems perfect. But something is gathering, waiting. There is a figure in the darkness.

And there are sins that don't die with the sinner.

Tooth and Sinew bring their anarchic spirit to provide modern eyes on an all-time classic and one of the most celebrated and iconic horror stories ever written.