The Enfield Haunting (West End)
The Enfield Haunting (West End)
Closed 1h 15m London: West End
60% 103 reviews
60%
(103 Ratings)
Positive
46%
Mixed
24%
Negative
30%
Members say
Absorbing, Entertaining, Disappointing, Clever, Confusing

About the Show

Catherine Tate & David Threlfall star in the world premiere of Paul Unwin's supernatural play.

Read more Show less

Critic Reviews (15)

London Theatre
January 12th, 2024

"..its current, trimmed state, Unwin’s script cries out for further elaboration on virtually every front. It’s great to pare away excess padding but this is one example where less is in fact less, and the climax – when it arrives – seems comparatively arbitrary and not grounded in what has come before."
Read more

BroadwayWorld
January 11th, 2024

" Angus Jackson directs a sloppy script that goes nowhere."
Read more

Shy Strange Manic
January 11th, 2024

The real story behind The Enfield Haunting is an interesting one. What was the truth behind this paranormal media story from the 1970s? But unfortunately, this production misses all of them and leaves the story confused and messy.
Read more

Lost in Theatreland (UK)
January 11th, 2024

“...the show cannot be saved from its incoherent script and poor casting...This suggests a troubled production, that sadly is the true haunting at The Ambassadors Theatre.”
Read more

Time Out London
January 11th, 2024

“Director Angus Jackson hasn’t exactly covered himself in glory, but I can’t help but feel that the RSC veteran has been left fighting a desperate rear-guard action with a terrible script. He salvages a couple of scares from this mess, but the most terrifying thing about ‘The Enfield Haunting’ is that nobody stepped in to stop it before it reached the West End.”
Read more

The Telegraph (UK)
January 10th, 2024

"In theory the play, less a whodunnit than a whoisdoingit, straddles the threshold between the rationally explicable and the unfathomable, but it never quite crosses over from the watchable into the spine-tinglingly compelling."
Read more

West End Best Friend
January 12th, 2024

"...The Enfield Haunting sacrifices clarity, leaving the audience with an intriguing but perplexing blend of confusion."
Read more

WhatsOnStage
January 11th, 2024

"The audience was ready to be scared and thrilled – but the entire show is as disappointing as a wet Halloween."
Read more