About the Show

The Olivier Award-nominated supernatural thriller set in a haunted house returns to the West End.

Jenny moves into a new house with her husband Sam and has an unshakeable feeling that the place is haunted. When the couple invite their friends over, together they agree to stay up until 2:22 - when the chilling truth will be revealed.

Written by Danny Robbins, the creator of the hit supernatural podcast 'The Battersea Poltergeist'. Directed by Matthew Dunster ('Love and Money', 'Hangmen') and Isabel Marr.

Nominated for the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play.

Critic Reviews (27)

"a ghostly night out at the theatre"
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For a previous production

None of the jump-scare moments rival the frissons I recall from ... the likes of The Woman in Black, but 2:22 A Ghost Story to its credit has far more on its mind.
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For a previous production

“It’s fun to see the way in which Robins sets up clues that prepare one for the denouement while finding a psychological basis for the scaremongering that Cheryl foregrounds in a beautifully achieved balance between bewilderment and rage.”
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For a previous production

“If this is the result when casting a ‘personality’ brings bums to seats during a time when theatres need all the help they can get, then fair play – it's clearly a gambit that's working.”
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For a previous production

Internet gossip about [Lily] Allen’s performance proves to be unfair. She is no Glenda Jackson ... but nor is she a disaster. Danny Robins’s play is entertaining and has a good twist.
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For a previous production

"The great ghost stories leave a mark on your soul, this one vanishes from your mind as soon as you exit its auditorium."
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For a previous production

Robins’s adept writing ... provide[s] a useful toehold into the characters’ psychological universe. Likewise, the play’s set lends itself wonderfully to metaphorical readings. Bar a handful of genuinely terrifying moments, it’s hardly The Exorcist, but maybe that’s for the best.
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For a previous production

Dunster directs ... with a macabre playfulness that comes to the fore in Ian Dickinson’s magnificently unsettling sound design. There’s no denying that Allen is the one who’ll put bums on seats. But ‘2:22’ is a rare ... example of a Good West End Ghost Play.
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