THEATRE

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

Threedumb Theatre

Venue

Greenside @ Riddles Court

Dates

8–29 Aug 2026

Time

Times vary · 60min

Price

from £12.50

Using the original Edgar Allan Poe publications from 1840s, award-winning storyteller Stephen Smith faithfully brings to life the most terrifying tales, from the pioneering Godfather of Gothic Horror. In The Tell-Tale Heart, we meet a madman convincing us of his sanity, whilst explaining a murder he's committed, with meticulous detail. Then, in The Pit and the Pendulum, we join a prisoner attempting to escape the various torture devices of the dreaded Spanish Inquisition. 'Could not have been more wow-ed by this 'marathon of the macabre'' ***** (National).