Last modified on Wed 16 Dec 2020 15.02 EST
There is nothing quite like a festive haunting to see us into Christmas. Rafaella Marcusâs monologue, which features a woman who is stranded in a house alone and sees creeping shadows all around her, leaves you pleasingly chilled â due as much to the sound as the story.
It is a second, standalone play by Marcus as part of a series called Written on the Waves, and it is labelled a âyou playâ because it invites us to become active listeners. It is a moot point whether we become actively involved, though it is certainly a monologue of fear whose sobs and starts hold us in its grip as we listen.