The Twilight Zone, Almeida Theatre

Sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural worlds collide as the Almeida Theatre enters The Twilight Zone, with a new stage adaptation of the cult CBS television show.

Rod Sterling's 1959-64 anthology series is a sort of 60s version of Black Mirror, with a series of stand alone black and white episodes, each punctuated by a narrative twist and a strand of macabre morality. But, instead of mere satire, the stories span space, time, and knowledge to take us into another dimension.

The Twilight Zone is not easy to imagine on stage, but then nor was The Simpsons and writer Anne Washburn succeeded in transforming the cartoonish comedy of Springfield into startlingly experimental theatre in Mr Burns (Almeida 2014). Now she collaborates with Olivier-winning theatre and opera director Richard Jones for a world premiere where, we are promised, 'stage magic and fantasy unite as the ordinary becomes extraordinary.'

Get ready for an oddity of a show, which combines classic spooky stories with cutting edge staging and tech to transport you into another realm.

Public booking for The Twilight Zone at the Almeida Theatre opens at 10am on Thursday 27 July.