SMASH HIT West End play The Woman in Black completes its 32-week national tour at Dunfermline’s Alhambra Theatre this week.

The second longest-running play in London’s West End after The Mousetrap, it’s the first time it has been performed at the Alhambra and it will run until Saturday.

The Woman In Black was first performed in Scarborough in 1987 to rave reviews and the production opened in the West End in 1989 where it has enjoyed continued success as well as numerous national tours. Its huge popularity has reached a global level, having toured the United States, South America, Tokyo and Singapore.

Now celebrating its 25th year in the West End, more than seven million people have lived to tell the tale of one of the most terrifying and successful theatre events ever staged. In 2012, Susan Hill’s novel, The Woman in Black, was released as a major motion picture, starring Daniel Radcliffe (best known for his role as Harry Potter), which became the highest-grossing British horror film in 20 years.

Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel tells the story of a lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’. He engages a young actor to help him tell his story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.

It begins innocently enough but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they are caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds. The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep.

For the 2014-15 UK tour, Malcolm James plays the role of Arthur Kipps and Matt Connor plays the role of The Actor. The production is directed by Robin Herford, with designs by Michael Holt, lighting by Kevin Sleep and sound by Gareth Owen.