From the drama group who brought Fawlty Towers, Maria Marten, Sweeney Todd, and, last year, The Golden Nugget of Bad Crow, comes a performance of Charles Dickens's 1843 A Christmas Carol.
Perhaps Dickens's most famous story beside Oliver Twist, the story follows the infamous character of Ebenezer Scrooge. It's Christmas Eve, and Scrooge is a greedy man who refuses to celebrate Christmas and is visited by the ghost of his long dead partner, Jacob Marley, who drags heavy chains for not helping people, the poor ones most of all. Marley tells Scrooge that he's about to suffer the same fate, but with more chains, unless he learns the meaning of life from three spirits who will visit him in the night.
The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, shows Scrooge his childhood and how he become he greedy man is he and what it has done to the people around him. The second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge how Christmas is celebrated around the world, first by the poor Cratchit family, where Scrooge notices Bob Cratchit's ill child, Tiny Tim, who says the famous line "God bless us, everyone." The final spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Future, shows Scrooge a terrifying future for Scrooge, scaring him out of his wits, causing Scrooge to beg for a second chance and promises to change his ways.
Scrooge wakes up on Christmas Morning a changed man, surprising everyone he meets, and helps Tiny Tim get better.
A Christmas Carol is a wonderful story that touches everyone's hearts who have read, heard or seen the story. I hope that still will touch everyone's hearts.
As mentioned in a previous post, Dramalab is using a traverse stage, a stage with the audience on two sides of the stage.
A link to the Eden Court website for more information and tickets.
I hope that you will come, see and enjoy this timeless Christmas story that has never gone out of print.
A Merry Christmas!
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