A 22-venue UK tour opens at Chester's Storyhouse next month.

'The Woman in Black' will star John Mackay as Arthur Kipps and Daniel Burke as the Actor, opening at Storyhouse on Wednesday 24 September 2025. 

Casting and full tour dates have now been announced.

For 33 years 'The Woman in Black' played a record-breaking run in the West End, with over 13,000 performances at the Fortune Theatre before its final performance on Saturday 4 March 2023.

It has also been seen by over seven million people in the UK. 

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

After engaging a young actor to help him tell his story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul, it begins innocently enough.

But as they delve further into his darkest memories, the borders between make-believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep.

Following a Christmas production in the bar of the Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough in 1987, 'The Woman in Black' was brought to Hammersmith's Lyric Theatre in January 1989.

Reviews were sufficiently encouraging to warrant a West End run.

Its West End tour started at the Strand (now Novello) Theatre in March and moved to the Playhouse in April, finally lodging at the Fortune on June 7, 1989.

Throughout the production's run in the West End and during its many tours the producer has been determined to keep ticket prices within the range of students and young people - a policy that continues today.

The production is directed by Robin Herford, with designs by Michael Holt and lighting by Kevin Sleep.

John Mackay's West End credits include many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Hamlet and Macbeth.

His television credits include Doctor Who, Great Expectations, The Crown and Bridgerton for Netflix.

Daniel Burke's theatre credits include the UK Tour of The Girl on the Train, Troilus and Cressida for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Imperium Part I and Part II, also for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.

His television credits include The Witcher for Netflix and Lord of the Rings Rings of Power for Amazon Prime. 

You can find tickets and more here.