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?
Back For 2025
Humbugs beware! This affectionate production brings Charles Dickens's classic tale to life once again for Christmas 2025! 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 in Paul Hilton as this gloriously festive crowd-pleaser returns!
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 182 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
- Paul Hilton as Ebenezer Scrooge
- Rob Compton as Bob Cratchit
- Geraint Downing as Ferdy/George
- Matthew Durkan as Fred
- Lauren Jones as Little Fan
- Stuart Neal as Father/Marley
- Claire O’Leary as Jess
- Alastair Parker as Fezziwig
- Nuwan Hugh Perera as Nicholas/Schoolmaster
- Parisa Shahmir as Mrs Cratchit
- Tanisha Spring as Belle
- Kibong Tanji as Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs Fezziwig
- Annie Wensak as Ghost of Christmas Past
- Connor Wood as Young Ebenezer
- Sharing the role of Tiny Tim are Olive Mac Mahon, Freddie Merritt, Hannah Slater and Vinnie Stone
Further cast
Raffaella Covino as Swing/Dance Captain and Jamie Doncaster as swing
Please note: The producers can't guarantee the appearance of any performers on any specific date.
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
Jack p
Love love love this great show!
Beth De Jong
An old classic revived with modern twist