Storyhouse will host an 'unsettling' sci-fi production inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey next month.

Thunder Road's The Void: A Horror Story will arrive in Chester on Tuesday 3 November as part of its UK tour.

Eight million miles from Earth, a mysterious distress call draws a haunted space ranger towards the Odyssey - an ageing research vessel in the grip of a nightmare. Boarding the craft, he finds a failing ship, a missing crew, and a deadly force running out of control.

Blending jump scares with timely questions about artificial intelligence, surveillance and memory, the production explores what happens when humanity loses control of the technology it created.

The Void is written and directed by Ryan Simons and produced by Alex Moran, with Steve Marmion as dramaturg and Jason Furnival is associate director.

Last year, Ryan Symons told publication Left Lion that he was drawn to exploring AI in the story after growing up fascinated with AI characters in film, citing Max in Flight of the Navigator and HAL in Space Odyssey.

At the time, he said: "I love the way our hopes and fears about technology manifest in these roles... we expect it to serve us, but also to look after us in times of need."

Describing the upcoming tour, he added: "We want audiences to feel trapped inside a sci-fi horror film, with something hunting them in the dark.

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"It's exciting, unsettling and completely absorbing, the kind of experience that stays with you long after you've left the theatre."

Set and costumes are by Caitlin Mawhinney, music by composer Ben Parsons, lighting by Andrew Croft and original sound design by Nick Sagar, with Fine Entertainment as illusions designers and Dave Hackney as head of photography.

Fight director is Kaitlin Howard and prosthetics and make-up are by Nikoleta Tzani.

Tickets and more details can be found here.