Reviews Elsewhere – Stalking the Bogeyman – London Play

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

The play is currently running in London until Aug 6, and the Survivors Manchester Organization has a review over on their site.

This hard hitting piece of incredibly crafted drama is based on real life events, centering around the life experiences of David Holthouse, a journalist for the Denver Westwood, whose past comes back to haunt him even more than it already does when Nathan, a childhood ‘friend’, moves too close for comfort and David is forced to face the bogeyman – the person that sexually assaulted and raped him at the age of 7.

 

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