Yvette Fielding, once of Blue Peter, made a bit of a surprise turn when she started presenting ghost-hunting documentaries for TV channels with hardly any audience back in the day. Still, it was a second career, and her writing output has shown that influence, with her recent junior horrors. This is a potential entrant to a greater series, if care about being repetitive is taken, as she surveys the famous theatres she hunted in. We start with the most haunted of them all, allegedly, London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, seeing the history of the place briefly, the ghosts that are supposed to be there – and what she went through on the overnight vigil for her Season One.

And that is where this is a success – books like this don't often have the first person narrative, and certainly not the conviction, of these pages. It's alright saying 'this room has smelled of lavender, noises off have been heard here and this bit gets cold' – here she had breathy chills directed at her from empty seats, a previously unknown ghost-type character walked past the room they were set up in, and, however likely it might be, she really does seem to have seen half a ghost – the bottom half.

Death threats and the haunted gents' in a venue in Wales is next, and the mood is the same – this can really creep at the susceptible reader, even as much as they logically scorn the Ouija board experience, and point out that for all the threat and all the thrown glasses in the bar and the light bulbs popping, they just do that – threat – and never get as far as impacting on and hurting anyone.

That can't be said of all other chapters, however – several are the workers on the show that got hit by a coin or a flung stone (not something you'd get in every corner of a decent theatre, it goes without saying). So much is thrown, dropped close to or allegedly aimed at the people involved with these hunts you wonder how the universally welcoming theatre people have turned out so dodgy. Do you suddenly switch from delighting in company and customer service to being a bastich just because you die and become a ghost?

I can discuss a lot of this – how much the 'guest psychic' knew before turning up, how much expectation was met for the sake of cheap TV, how easy it is or not to turn white noise into a voice. The fact remains this is a book guiding us to a few places that are certainly on the lists of spookified venues, and the fact remains that for this target audience this is a nigh-on superlative book of its kind, based to some strong extent on reality, if not wholly. I mean, if it puts one person off going to a show I'll not thank it at all, but for putting the willies up the intelligent young sceptic this has to be thought of as a success.

Ive followed Yvette Fielding since her days on Blue Peter so was interested in reading her non fiction book on Most Haunted Theatres. Having read some of her fiction books I knew it would be a super read.

The book is written as children's non fiction and I would say that it was perfect for that age. As well as us older folks too!!! The tales are not too scary. The book is based all over the country so there's a chance you live near on of the theatre's. Well written and I loved the wee drawings that accompanied it too.

The book was a great quick read. Thanks to Netgalley and Andersen Press for the ARC Copy. This review is my own opinion.

Well this was a throwback! I remember watching the episode for each of the locations discussed, and as I read Yvette's quotes i could hear her voice clearly saying the words. She is clearly skilled at writing for younger readers (I'd say early to mid teens for this) and the illustrations were fun. Only 4 stars though as I was expecting a conclusion, or summary of some sort at the end but it just abruptly ended after the final location

Another book that made my inner child happy. Stories of ghosts and theatre: well plotted and fascinating.
Loved it
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I love all things paranormal and I am always intrigued when a new book is published.

This one was written by Yvette Fielding and having watched her for years on Most Haunted as well as reading all of her recent fiction stories I was really keen to get my hands on a copy – and it didn’t disappoint, it is pitched really well for the target audience as well and not too scary!

I loved that the book told the stories of what happens in some of the properties, in this case, Theatres, and the wide mix of hauntings that occur, along with the number of witnesses to some of the incidents and what has happened there was great.

I loved that the book covered a wide variety of geographic locations as well and I have been to a couple of the venues – but nothing observed by me, but we were there in the middle of the day for busy shows so that may have something to do with it – would love now to go back at night and see if anything could be experienced myself.

Really enjoyable read, definitely one to make you think and look forward to more of the same style book on other haunted locations – was a fab way to pass a few hours

It is 5 stars from me for this one – highly recommended

The main Most Haunted element left me feeling nostalgic for my younger self watching the show. It was great to have it brought into the book.