Cult US horror writer HP Lovecraft’s work will be brought to life in Croydon.

Icarus Theatre Collection is taking its world premiere production of the writer’s 1931 novella At the Mountains of Madness on tour, with a show at Fairfield Halls on Wednesday, January 27.

Veteran actor Tim Hardy - who has appeared alongside the likes of Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Ian McKellen and Julie Walters on television – takes on the lead role of Dr William Dyer, the leader of a group of scientists on a disastrous Antarctic expedition.

William Dyer is brought vividly to life, trapped and tormented by visions of what he saw – and what he could not possibly have seen – in those ancient, Antarctic mountains of madness.

For nearly a century, this cornerstone of Weird fiction has thrilled readers with its tale of a disastrous expedition to Antarctica, and the awful implications of what was discovered.

Tickets cost £16.50 and £14.50 concessions. Go to www.fairfield.co.uk or call 020 8688 9291.

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