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A Christmas
Carol

Adapted by Benedict Hardie & Anne-Louise Sarks
from the novel by Charles Dickens
Director Anne-Louise Sarks

  • Venue Upstairs Theatre
  • Dates 8 Nov – 24 Dec 2014

    I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. 1843.

    The most famous miser of all misers – and there are a lot of misers out there! – is Ebenezer Scrooge. Caught in the great grind for money, he forgets to live a shared life – until one Christmas night when something utterly, famously un-money happens to the old bastard…

    A Christmas Carol is one of the all-time most wonderful stories of redemption and awakening. All of us are Scrooge in some way: holding on to things. Given the chance to step back from our lives we would see how much is meaningless and inconsequential. This show is about having a second chance. It is about how precious the life we have left is. It is about finding joy in those around us. Joy!

    Anne-Louise Sarks and a cast of marvels stage Charles Dickens’ supreme book of kindness.

    Team

    Adapted by Benedict Hardie & Anne-Louise Sarks
    from the novel by Charles Dickens
    Director Anne-Louise Sarks
    Set Designer Michael Hankin
    Costume Designer Mel Page
    Lighting Designer Benjamin Cisterne
    Composer & Sound Designer Stefan Gregory
    Dramaturg Marg Horwell
    Movement Director Scott Witt
    Stage Manager Edwina Guinness
    Assistant Stage Managers Gina Bianco, Sarah Stait

    Cast

    Kate Box
    Peter Carroll
    Ivan Donato
    Eden Falk
    Robert Menzies
    Steve Rodgers
    Miranda Tapsell
    Ursula Yovich

    Videos

    Production images by Brett Boardman
    Rehearsal images by Brett Boardman

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