CURRENTLY celebrating its 25th anniversary in the West End, the universally acclaimed stage production of The Woman in Black is back out on tour and arrives in Worcestershire tomorrow.

The Woman in Black, which was first performed at the Theatre-By-The-Sea in Scarborough in 1987 to rave reviews, will be at Malvern’s Festival Theatre for a week long run from June 1-6.

The production opened in the West End in 1989 where it has enjoyed continued success as well as numerous national tours.

The production’s huge popularity has reached a global level, having toured to the United States, South America, Tokyo and Singapore and in 2012, Susan Hill’s novel was released as a major motion picture, starring Daniel Radcliffe (best known for his role as Harry Potter), which successfully became the highest grossing British horror film in 20 years.

Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of the best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’.

He engages a young actor to help him tell his story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep.

Malcolm James plays the role of ‘Arthur Kipps’ and Matt Connor plays the role of ‘The Actor’.