Noises off: why tales of the supernatural are enticing a team of ghost hunters to spend a night at the theatre
21 August 2018
Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre has played host to some of the biggest names in the acting world, but it’s the quieter visitors who interest Lisa Tedstill.
She’s a professional ghost hunter who claims that no theatre is complete without the presence of the supernatural.
In the case of the Citz, people claim to have seen apparitions of a strawberry seller, a monk and a white lady.
Ghost hunters at the Citizens Theatre
As it closes for a 2 year revamp, we show the spooky side of the iconic Scottish Theatre.
But why would restless spirits choose to spend eternity in the shadows backstage?
Lisa believes it’s because theatres echo with all human emotion: happiness, sadness and the bitterness and disappointment of unfulfilled dreams.
Precisely the kind of energy on which ghostly goings-on thrive!
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