Rumpus Theatre Company presents

The Haunted Bride

a spine-tingling play by John Goodrum

based on the delectably eerie tale To Be Read At Dusk

by Charles Dickens

Amid shadowy rooms and moonstruck gardens, the nightmare that haunts a young bride’s sleep reaches its terrifying climax ...

When they set off for their honeymoon in Italy, Thomas Manning is happy and carefree, but his young bride Clara is troubled ... troubled by a dream, troubled by the dream of a face, three times dreamt in the nights leading up to her wedding. At the peeling, overgrown palazzo where they are to spend the next few weeks, the intangible dread that haunts her reaches its terrifying climax.

... let the haunting begin!

Tour Schedule (more dates to follow)

Spring 2026	(click on venue for their website)
Wed 18 & Thur 19 Feb	New Theatre Royal Lincoln
Fri 20 Feb	Blackfrairs Theatre, Boston
Wed 25 Feb	Quay Theatre Sudbury
Thur 26 - Sat 28 Feb	Haymarket Theatre Basingstoke
Sun 1 March	Swindon Arts Centre
Thur 26 March	Hawth Theatre Studio, Crawley
Mon 30 March - Wed 1 April	Blakehay, Weston-Super-Mare
Autumn 2026
Thur 1 Oct	Theatre Royal Wakefield
Fri 2 Oct	Guildhall Arts Centre Grantham
Sun 4 Oct	Rotherham Civic Theatre
Tues 6 Oct	South Hill Park Arts Centre Bracknell
Fri 9 Oct	Shanklin Theatre
Tues 20 & Wed 21 Oct	Theatre Royal Winchester
Sun 25 Oct	Sarah Thorne Theatre Broadstairs
Wed 28 Oct	Chelmsford Theatre Studio
Thur 29 Oct	The Brewhouse Burton Upon Trent
Fri 30 Oct	Middlesbrough Theatre
Sat 31 Oct	Brindley Theatre Runcorn

 

"fantastic ... the audience jumped out of their skin … a great night out" (The Public Reviews)

"intense ... we are drawn slowly but inexorably into the strange pattern of events" (Whatsonstage)

"a good evening’s entertainment" (This Is Derbyshire)

“a masterclass ... brilliant" (Derbyshire Times)