Let the Right One In – reviews of 'spellbinding' vampire play

Scottish adaptation of Scandi-horror tale 'chills and thrills' critics with West End transfer

Let the Right One In
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What you need to knowVampire drama Let the Right One In has transferred to the Apollo Theatre, West End. Jack Thorne's stage adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's cult Swedish novel and film was first staged by the National Theatre of Scotland and then the Royal Court.

Thorne's stage version shifts the action from Sweden to the Scottish Highlands, where a lonely, bullied schoolboy, Oskar, falls for the eerie new girl next door, Eli, and must pay a terrible price for his love.

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