Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s birth, Newcastle-under-Lyme theatre-in-the-round the New Vic is staging A Christmas Carol from this week.
Adapted and directed by New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins, the production is being brought to the stage by the creative team behind Alice in Wonderland last year—which was nominated for best show for children and young people in the Theatre Awards UK.
Theresa Heskins said, “The Christmas production is my favourite of the year. It offers something for everyone.
“Audiences young and old consistently go away dazzled by the scale and imagination of the show—this year will be no different.”
She added, “Making the Christmas show is a tremendous privilege because it will be seen by thousands of children, many of whom will be having their first experience of seeing a play on stage.”
Paul Greenwood who was at the New Vic last year in Sheridan’s The Rivals, David Auburn's Proof and The Admirable Crichton by J M Barrie plays Ebenezer Scrooge.
Hannah Edwards, who was Alice in the New Vic’s Alice in Wonderland, takes the role of the Ghost of Christmas Past.
The rest of the cast comprises Emily Butterfield, Matt Connor, Mark Donald, Bryn Holding, Antony Jardine, Alicia Marsden, Oliver Mawdsley, Loren O’Dair, Naomi Lee Schulke and David Streames.
The creative team includes television and film composer James Atherton and lighting designer Daniella Beattie.
A Christmas Carol runs from Saturday (17 November) until Saturday, 19 January.