As the light fades in the gloom of a foggy Victorian London street a street seller does his final rounds, while in the tall, forbidding house which is becoming her prison, Bella Manningham is slowly losing her mind. But are the mysterious disappearances, unexplained footsteps and ghostly flickering of the drawing room gaslights simply a figment of her delusional mind? Or is her husband intent on convincing Bella she is going mad like her mother before her? However, the arrival of an unexpected visitor leads Bella to question all that has taken place, as the murky events that happened in the house some twenty years previously are slowly revealed.

Patrick Hamilton’s powerful and popular play ‘Gaslight’ is a psychological thriller guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat and is being performed by Dorchester Drama at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester on Thursday 8th to Saturday 10th November 7:30pm. Tickets for the play are on sale at Trinity Stores (formerly Trinity’s Treat), Trinity Street or from the box office 01305 889202. Tickets are £8 in advance (£5 for students and under 18s) or £9 on the door.