Down in the Dungeon ... therapy stirred
The London Dungeon turned to a hypnotherapist to help actors overcome their fears of rats and creepy crawlies.
For the Dungeons – among London’s favourite tourist attractions – found it had a problem with portraying the horrors of the 17th Century Black Death. The plague was brought to the Capital by rats. So rats were employed to add authenticity … but several of the actors were deeply scared of their rodent co-workers. Others working in the Dungeons were equally put off by other exhibits such as tarantulas, bats, and pythons. The solution – recruit Cambridgeshire therapists Tania Cheslaw and use hypnosis to overcome the phobias. It worked. Posted November 2003

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