The Purple Purler

Halloween lends itself to a yarnstorm. FACT! So there was no question at all that Knit the City wouldn’t stalk London’s streets to find a spooky setting for a spooky ’storm. And where better than the ghoulish disused Strand Station, built on (under?) the site of a Victorian theatre, haunted by an actress who failed to make her final curtain call, and a staple film location for any British film that needs an underground station… Ladies and gentlemen, won’t you please put your hands together for (some of) the stars of the Knit the City Gate of Ghouls.

DEATH: he’s one cool dead guy. He once left his post to join a rock band and ride around on a motorcycle! Also a FACT! He also only ever speaks in CAPITAL LETTERS. There would be no ghosts without DEATH. DEATH is KING of the Spooky. So he had to be in attendance, carefully eyeing those who passed, eagerly awaiting his next victim. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Harbinger of Death.

With all the mice and rats that live in Tube stations, DEATH OF RATS wasn’t going to be far away. Not quite as cool as DEATH, but he does only SQUEAK in CAPITAL LETTERS. In the supporting role as the, erm, Harbinger of Death (of Tube Mice and Rats)…

And no West End show would be complete without the Chorus Line. Ladies and Gentlemen, PacMan Ghosts make a cameo appearance in the Gate of Ghouls as, err, Ghosts.

For a full cast list and synopsis of the show, visit Knit the City’s Gate of Ghouls

Thank you DeadlyKnitshade for letting me use her photos. My camera is almost as old as the Viennese Waltz!