Written by Lauren
Rating: 5
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As a London Month of the Dead regular, I was chuffed to have an event around Christmas. The performance was fantastic and the atmosphere was perfect!
Description
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Something A Little Different, Theatre/Arts and Walks & Tours
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Tickets from £15.00
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Over 18
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Mon, 31st Oct 2022 @ 19:00 - 20:30
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19:00 - 20:30
LITERARY HAUNTS
A Ghost Story tour through Abney Park cemetery with Alan Gartrell
This event is part of the London Month of the Dead
Brace yourself for an unforgettable Halloween night ramble among the graves of Abney Park. With nought but torchlight to lead the way, historian Alan Gartrell will take a small group of intrepid walkers on a ghost storytelling journey that follows authors with a personal connection to Stoke Newington and its garden of eternal rest.
First, listen to a spine-tingling tale by Charles Dickens as you stand by the graveside of his beloved friend William Hone, whose funeral Dickens attended in 1842.
Next follow in the footsteps of Edgar Allen Poe, who went to school in neighbouring Church Street, as the words of his haunting doppelgänger tale reverberate among the tombstones.
Then tiptoe through the tombs to the Church Street gates where Gartrell will tell the first modern ghost story, written by Daniel Defoe, within sight of the author’s house.
Finally, find a seat among the gravestones to hear horror writer Arthur Machen’s 1934 short story “N” in which a secret garden - perhaps a portal to another realm - is located in a mystic Stoke Newington.
A warning to the unwary: severed heads and ravens may be involved.
Tickets £15 including a 20% donation toward a host of restoration projects at Abney Park Cemetery
Alan Gartrell
Alan Gartrell has had a long interest in the history and monuments of cemeteries. Abney Park is of particular interest as Alan is a Stoke Newington resident and has family graves in the cemetery. He has given talks on the interweaving of politics, religion and society in that context for some eight years and is interested in the operation of chance and coincidence in developing narratives.
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Abney Park Ghost Story Tour
Literary Haunts |
19:00 - 20:30 | £15.00 |
Location
Address
Abney Park Cemetery, 215, Stoke Newington High St, Stoke Newington, N16 0LH
Nearest Station
Stoke Newington (Rail)
Organiser
A Curious Invitation and Antique Beat
The London Month of the Dead has been curated by a Curious Invitation and Antique Beat to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and London cemeteries.
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