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As the evenings get darker, The Cat and the Canary is just the show to get you in the mood for spooky season. Who better to introduce you to the weird and wonderful world of the show than the director, Paul Hunter. Meet him in the rehearsal trailer.

Grandparents and grandchildren can be shocked, surprised and laugh, all together, all in the same space, all at the same time

Paul Hunter, Director of The Cat and the Canary and Artistic Director and co-founder of Told by an Idiot

See what the cast have been up to in the rehearsal photos

Three people sit on a purple chaise longue. On the left, a man wearing a dark brown leather jacket talks urgently and clutches the hand of a man with fair hair and glasses in the middle, who looks alarmed. A woman with long blonde hair, wearing an orange and black checked shirt, sits on the right looking at them both.
Tarinn Callender, Nick Haverson & Lucy McCormick in rehearsal for The Cat and the Canary Image: Manuel Harlan

It has the perfect mixture of spooks, belly laughs and thrills to end the season

Justin Audibert, CFT Artistic Director

The Cat and the Canary has fascinated audiences for 100 years.

A group of people stand in a line in a rehearsal room, laughing, moving and gesturing. On the floor is a fake tiger rug.
The company in rehearsal for The Cat and the Canary Image: Manuel Harlan

See Carl Grose's adaptation of John Willard's classic in the Minerva Theatre from Friday 27 September, in a co-production with Told by an Idiot. Click here to visit the show page to book your tickets and see more behind-the-scenes content... if you dare!