Eric Woolf as Doc Wuthergloom in ‘Here There Be Monsters’, Photo by Adrianna Prosser

As the audience enters the Red Sandcastle Theatre, we are taken very good care of by a classic usherette named Camille (Emma Mackenzie Hillier), who escorts us to our seats while relentlessly peddling her wares—various macabre collectibles for the show. The prized item is “Doc Wuthergloom’s Field Guild to Monsters,” a pamphlet that itemizes various threats from Lovecraftian behemoths to quaint local spooks.

Campy and grotesque paraphernalia adorn the small stage—shrivelled heads, ominous contraptions and myriad sinister bits and bobs—all united with a red and black striped motif. Here There Be Monsters is exactly the sort of ghoulish lunacy we can trust Eric Woolfe to deliver with panache. Continue Reading