Preview: The Book of Darkness & Light comes to Leeds

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Writer Adam Z. Robinson and musician Ben Styles are bringing The Book of Darkness & Light, a new storytelling experience, to Leeds’ Hyde Park Book Club.

The Book of Darkness & Light uses a combination of storytelling and live, enhanced violin music to create a unique, charming and thrilling performance. On Sunday 6^th December the performance, entitled Ghost Stories for Christmas, will include a trio of gothic tales with a festive flavour.

The performances are based around a central, fictional conceit:

“Legend has it that years ago, somewhere beneath the streets of Leeds, a book of strange and haunting tales was found…”

Gothic tales are shared from the book at each telling, with the stories drawing upon the ghost story genre with a chilling and haunting score to match.

Originally conceived as a project for Light Night Leeds 2015, where Adam & Ben performed to over 1,500 people, The Book of Darkness & Light: The Crimson Corridor has subsequently been performed as part of Lawrence Batley Theatre’s Hallowe’en Happening.

There will be two performances at Hyde Park Book Club on Sunday 6^th December at 5.30pm and 8pm. Though this is a ticketed event, there is free entry so attendees can pay what they decide on the night. To book a ticket, visit: http://www.bookofdarknessandlightxmas.eventbrite.com