DVxT Theatre presents The Turn of the Screw October 15, 2009

- Award-winning DVxT Theatre Company creates a hauntingly beautiful gothic mystery laced with sexual and psychological ambiguity as it presents a site-specific performance of Henry James’s ghostly 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw at the elegant Campbell House Museum, previewing October 15 and opening October 16 through November 7.

- Directed by DVxT’s Artistic Director Vikki Anderson (The Doll House, Happy Days).

- Will be performed throughout Campbell House, fusing historic and contemporary detail, with modern video and sound meeting old-fashioned candlelight to create a ghostly reality.

- A young governess tries to protect her young charges against something threatening; but the question remains: is it real or only in her mind?

- Built in 1822, each room comes to life as the audience weaves through all three levels of the house, following the characters through the labyrinth that is this psychological thriller.

-"Dinner by the Fire" Tuesday Nights at 7:30pm is complete with soup, bread and dessert made from 19th century recipes. Book in advance for $10 extra.

- On October 29, 30 and 31 join an historian from the Campbell House Museum on a haunted walk around downtown Toronto, ending at Campbell House, just in time for the performance. Book in advance for $10 extra.

- Performers: Christine Horne (2009 Dora Award nominee for KICK Theatre’s Miss Julie: Sheh’mah, Vancouver Film Critics Best Supporting Actress Circle Award nominee for her film debut in The Stone Angel) as the Governess and Clinton Walker (Singularity of Being for the 2009 Fringe, Nightwood Theatre’s The Danish Play, Expect Theatre’s Static) in all other roles.

Ticket prices: Preview and matinees $15; Mon PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN; Tues & Wed $25; Fri & Sat $35

For tickets and info visit dvxt.com or call 416-504-3898.

Venue: Campbell House Museum, 160 Queen Street West (at Osgoode Subway Station).

Official Website: http://dvxt.com