RESCHEDULED: Only a few days left to secure tickets to see Garth Marenghi at Bristol Hippodrome

RESCHEDULED: Only a few days left to secure tickets to see Garth Marenghi at Bristol Hippodrome

Posted on: 06 Feb 2023

Emerging from the shadows, Matthew Holness’ cult fictional horror will be presenting his Sunday Times Bestseller, TerrorTome, in Bristol this Friday.

 

Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome was originally scheduled to be at The Bristol Hippodrome this Friday 10 February, however, due to injury, the show has been rearranged for Saturday 13 May 2023.

 

Having previously dropped by Bristol’s Redgrave Theatre in November, Holness is in the midst of a sell-out UK tour with fans clamouring to see “horror literature’s greatest living author” when he performs at the city’s largest theatre venue later this week.

 

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Garth Marenghi was first penned in 2000 by Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade (IT Crowd, Travel Man, Submarine) for their Perrier Award-nominated Edinburgh Fringe show, ‘Garth Marrenghi’s Fright Knight’. 

 

This show portrayed the parody horror writer, loosely based on Stephen King, to audiences for the first time and its sequel, ‘Garth Marenghi’s Netherhead’, went one further, winning the Perrier Award the year after. 

 

The success of this production saw Marenghi transported to TV with a first appearance in 2004’s Channel 4 slasher comedy, ‘Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace’. 

Featuring prominent comedy actors such as Matt Berry and Alice Lowe as well as Holness and Ayoade, the show missed out on receiving widespread critical acclaim at first but has since become a true cult classic.

 

A conceited horror writer, the character of Garth Marenghi is an extreme parody, often comparing himself to legendary figures such as Shakespeare, da Vinci and James Joyce. To Garth, he is the “master of the macabre”, however, in reality, he is a hack, unaware of his ineptitude.

 

Now, a near 20 years after Darkplace, Marenghi is stepping out of the shadows with a brand-new multi-volume epic, TerrorTome. The novel, which was published back in November, contains three dark tales from the eminent Frighterman, Darkscribe and Doomsage.

 

 

Holness is taking his cult character on the road with a UK tour that has proved immensely popular. Marrenghi’s appearance in Bristol will see him read from TerrorTome and potentially take part in a Q&A. Hardback copies of the novel will be available to purchase on the day with book signings also taking place.

 

Garth Marenghi will present his best-selling novel TerrorTome at The Bristol Hippodrome on Saturday 13 May 2023.

 

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.