A Christmas Carol
While retaining the jolliness and sentimentality... Thorne and Wharcus have polished the story's social conscience to a restored brightness
The New York Times
Why see A Christmas Carol?
John Simm As Scrooge!
Humbugs beware! This affectionate production brings Charles Dickens' classic tale to life once again for the 2024 Holiday season! First debuting in 2017 at London's iconic Old Vic Theatre, this adaptation from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child writer Jack Thorne and Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus, has been praised for its joyful and warmhearted approach to the fable. Prepare to meet a brand new Scrooge (played by John Simm) in this gloriously festive reimagining!
Brimming with wit, festivity and Victorian charm... discover why A Christmas Carol remains the world's favourite holiday show!
What Is The Story?
Crotchety London moneylender Ebeneezer Scrooge has spent nearly a whole lifetime in pursuit of pounds and pennies, at the cost of kindness, love, and happiness. His bad temper a black cloud that follows him always, he treats his only associates, his employees, and those desperate enough to borrow from him, with disdain and has no true friends.
Alone on Christmas Eve after eschewing the holiday in favor of working, it looks as if this miser has truly gotten what he deserves. That is until he's surprised by the reappearance of an old colleague - one whose been dead for seven years! What follows is an evening of supernatural visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Each sprit has something to show old Scrooge, hoping to change his ways and make him the man he always could have been. But will Scrooge learn his lesson?
A festive fable that still hits close to home after 176 years, Charles Dicken's Christmas masterpiece teaches us about the power of redemption, community, and compassion and how it's never too late to change your ways.
Cast
- John Simm as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Rob Compton as Bob Cratchit
- Juliette Crosbie as Belle
- Geraint Downing as Ferdy/George
- Kimmy Edwards as Mrs Cratchit
- Jenny Fitzpatrick as Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs Fezziwig
- Mark Goldthorp as Father/Marley
- Ahmed Hamad as Fred
- Julie Jupp as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Baker Mukasa as Nicholas/Schoolmaster
- Alastair Parker as Fezziwig
- Georgina Sadler as Little Fan
- Lillie-Pearl Wildman as Jess
- Connor Wood as Young Ebenezer
- Casey-Indigo Blackwood-Lashley, Freddie Marshall-Ellis, Freddie Merritt and Vincent Stone as Tiny Tim
Further cast
Raffaella Covino as Swing/Dance Captain and Jamie Doncaster as swing
Creative
- Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
- Adapted by Jack Thorne
- Directed by Matthew Warchus
- Set and Costumes by Rob Howell
- Composition and Arrangements by Christopher Nightingale
- Lighting by Hugh Vanstone
- Sound by Simon Baker
- Movement by Lizzi Gee
Reviews
Customer reviews
7 reviews, average rating: (2.7 Stars)
Jack p
Love love love this great show!
This show is amazing and so much fun!
The actors and the whole performance was amazing.
The play has so much going on and the depth has been captured in the chemistry between Scrooge and Bell. I especially liked Sarah Hunt as Belle. She made me cry and laugh. The depth of her acting is something I haven’t seen in a very long time. Scrooge Was great. Loved Tiny Tim. Basically it’s a show for all the family and it’s just a fun heartwarming show I highly recommend it. Just what we need in these uncertain chaotic times.
This is a perfect Christmas classic with audience participation, and just so much fun! ... Read more
Beth De Jong
An old classic revived with modern twist
I am just in awe. As a theater junkie I jumped at the opportunity to go to a play and when this opened I thought , oh well, have seen it a dozen times, but it’s a play. BUT wait. A whole new interpretation. With more character development. And oh my. Timmy. A surprise you won’t want to miss. This is a MUST. No old white man in a kerchief in bed visited by ghosts. It was. Amazing!!! I want to go again!!! ... Read more
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