The Turn of the Screw has haunted readers for over a century, a chilling tale of strange orphans and dead servants told to us by a terrified young woman we’re never sure we can trust. Bringing Henry James ’ groundbreaking psychological horror into the now, comes a new, one-person adaptation starring Tuuli Narkle ( NCIS: Sydney , Mystery Road: Origin ) that looks us dead in the eye and asks ‘do you believe me?’.
A young woman arrives in London, desperate for a fresh start. The only problem is she’s got no money, no work, and the eight housemates in her frigid sharehouse aren’t exactly her biggest fans.
When a mysterious job looking after a couple of children at Bly Manor falls into her lap, how can she say no? She’s running from her past as fast as her feet can take her. But when she arrives at this cursed labyrinth of a house, her dream of Downton Abbey becomes a lot more The Shining . The children seem angelic, but something is off.
As the au pair spirals between dread and exhilaration, she’s desperate to uncover what’s going bump in the night. Can she protect the children? Or has she already lost them?
Keziah Warner ( Hour of the Wolf , Nosferatu ) and Jessica Arthur ( GAME. SET. MATCH. , Koreaboo ) join forces on a fresh adaptation of this gothic horror, leaving you wondering who – or what – is the true danger in this house.
