The Signalman
'I need your help. You know how it begins. How it always begins'.
Charles Dickens' masterful ghost story The Signalman has been reimagined in an abandoned railway tunnel beneath Brighton Station by the critically acclaimed theatre company Hydrocracker. This razor-sharp adaptation by Jonathan Holloway, directed by Nathan Crossan-Smith, features sound design by Matt Huxley. The production explores themes of industrial greed and worker's rights within Dickens' psychological thriller about a railway signalman haunted by premonitions of disaster.
Organizer
Hydrocracker Theatre CompanyVenue
Cab Road Tunnel, Under Brighton Station
Category
Immersive TheatreTag
Spooky SeasonStart date
October 15th, 2026
End date
November 8th, 2026
Audience Role
Helper
Ages: 13 +
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About Hydrocracker Theatre Company
We make impactful and site-specific work, inviting audiences and participants to get involved. With them we tell stories that challenge what is thought and believed about important contemporary issues.