Inspired by radio dra­mas of the past, Char­lie Creeps brings us the sto­ry of sev­er­al ghast­ly tales told with live musi­cal accom­pa­ni­ment in the set­ting of the old, creepy Dal­navert Muse­um. The venue is a nice choice for a show about the macabre. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the seat­ing is out­side on the muse­um’s front lawn, so not only is the audi­ence unable to appre­ci­ate the beau­ty of this old house and its sur­round­ings, but it is also real­ly dif­fi­cult to see the per­for­mance which is also on ground lev­el with no ris­ers. It would have been a far bet­ter choice to have the audi­ence face the house and stage the per­for­mance on the porch so that it was vis­i­ble and more engag­ing.

There are three per­form­ers, the sto­ry­teller Creeps, a live musi­cian cre­at­ing a creepy back­ground sound­track and a hunch­back grim reaper char­ac­ter that lurks around the audi­ence through­out the show approach­ing the sto­ry­teller from time to time with dead­ly temp­ta­tions. While some of the sto­ries were tru­ly ghast­ly atten­tion grab­bers, too many were not. While the musi­cal accom­pa­ni­ment was great for set­ting the ambiance, the actu­al per­for­mances were only just okay. Com­bine that with the lack of vis­i­bil­i­ty, mak­ing it hard for them to hold the audience’s atten­tion, which is why I would rec­om­mend giv­ing this show a pass.

Venue 20 — Dal­navert Muse­um
Audi­ence Clas­si­fi­ca­tion: Mature
Warn­ings: Out­door venue, will move indoors if inclement weath­er
Length: 60 Min­utes
Tick­ets: $10