The Psychic review – medium strength tale of iffy spiritualists from Ghost Stories’ creators

Theatre Royal, York
Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman’s story of high competition in a long family line of female stage tricksters loses its powers as it goes on

Sheila Gold, supposedly Britain’s most accurate psychic, wants to be taken seriously by her new clients. “This is not theatre,” she warns them, as she lights seven candles for a seance.

This is an insider joke. Theatre is exactly what it is.