Performed against the dramatic sweep of the coastline, with the cry of the seagulls and sound of the sea rippling against the cliffs below, the Douglas Head amphitheatre was the perfect venue for the one-off poetry and story telling show, ’Seas Ghosts’.

Presented by the spoken-word performance group Penny Productions, ’Sea Ghosts’ was an atmospheric, open air concert, held on Douglas Head on Friday evening, that featured original poetry, story telling and music.

The tone was set by the first performer, Simon Smart, who sang a deep and sonorous sea shanty, ’Down Where the Dead Men Lie’, complete with a bottle of rum.

He later sang the ballad of Captain Kidd, wearing a skull face-mask.

Georgia Lisette, disguised fetchingly as a washed-up body, read a series of original poems, including a tale of the ’Cassan Dhoo’, a gang of murderous wreckers from the north of the island who would lure unsuspecting boats to their doom.

Kim Kneen read her award-winning stories, ’Buitcheragh’ and ’Saltwater’, and Maire Stephens told the sad tale of the destruction of the Douglas fishing fleet.

The final act was a stunning performance by poet Jacqueline Morrey- Grace, who acted out her haunting 25-minute epic poem, ’Asila’s Song’.

She performed solo, without breath nor break, and not once needing to ask for help to remember her lines.

A final song from Simon brought the wonderful evening, now full of mystery, ghoulishness and terror, to a close.