IT'S THRILLS and chills at the Milton Rooms next month when two of the most infamous convicted poisoners in British history are brought back to life on stage and invite the audience to be judge and jury on their deeds.

“Murder by Gaslight” relives the macabre cases of diabolical doctors William Palmer and Harvey Crippen, who were both hanged as murderous men of medicine in Victorian and Edwardian England, despite their pleas of innocence.

Presented by the aptly named Don't Go into the Cellar! theatre company, this is good old-fashioned story-telling, aided and abetted by some modern-day theatrical effects that are guaranteed to set the pulse racing and bring a shiver to the spine.

Artistic Director Jonathan Goodwin has a lifelong love of Victorian detective, ghost and horror stories.

“We aim to bring to modern-day audiences a glimpse of what theatre would have been like at the end of the 19th century – not blood and gore, but plenty of jumps! Our shows are always laced with humour, albeit of the gallows kind,” said Jonathan.

Tickets, priced £10, for the performance on Saturday, February 4 are available from the box office in Malton or by telephone 01653 696240.