Exorcist Coming to The Stage in The UK

Horror Comes To Birmingham

♦According to the BBC, a play based on William Friedkin’s iconic 1973 horror movie The Exorcist will be coming to Birmingham this October…

The stage version of supernatural shocker The Exorcist is to have its UK premiere around Halloween. John Pielmeier’s play, about a young girl possessed by the devil, will run at Birmingham Rep from 21 October to 5 November.

The play is based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel that also spawned the 1973 film starring Max von Sydow. Audiences have been warned that it “contains adult material which may shock and offend”.

The age recommendation for it is 18+.

Pielmeier’s play had its world premiere back in 2012 at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles with a cast that included Brooke Shields as the possessed girl’s mother and Richard Chamberlain as the demon-battling priest sent to drive the evil spirit out.

www.bbc.co.uk