A Christmas Carol - Arts

Pro reviewers average 2013-05-26 Following a sell-out season in 2011, Simon Callow stars in this acclaimed production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which returns to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season from 29 November.Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the most beloved ... Following a sell-out season in 2011, Simon Callow stars in this acclaimed production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which returns to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season from 29 November.Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the most beloved books in the English language. It has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike.As the ghosts spirit Scrooge from the present to his past and future, Dickens takes us on a magical journey from the miser’s dank and creaking house to cosy hearths, and from snowy graveyards to joyful festivities. This treasured story offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.Based on Dickens’ own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive story-telling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving.Simon Callow, one of the nation’s best loved actors, returns to Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL after huge international success with The Mystery of Charles Dickens (West End and Broadway), national acclaim for Dr Marigold & Mr Chops and guest starring as Dickens on Doctor Who (BBC). Simon published his own biography of Dickens in early 2012. On screen, Simon is best known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love and Amadeus.‘Delivered with real comic aplomb’Time Out‘Simon Callow gives a Dickens tour de force’Daily Mail****‘Warm hearted and enthralling. Reminds us what a true Christmas might be’Daily Express*****‘Beautiful and magical. There will be bigger, flashier shows on offer this Christmas, but none, I suspect, that will leave one quite so warmed and moved as this one’Daily Telegraph*****‘A quietly spellbinding piece of theatre’Financial Times****‘A remarkable rendering of A Christmas Carol’Observer‘Glows with humour and compassion, and Callow makes a masterly storyteller, tracing the tale’s emotional journey with precision and relishing the writing’s linguistic curlicues like mouthfuls of plum pudding’The Times

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Running dates from Dec 4 2012 to Jan 5 2013
Theatre Arts
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Genre Musical
Synopsis
Following a sell-out season in 2011, Simon Callow stars in this acclaimed production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, which returns to the Arts Theatre for a strictly limited season from 29 November.

Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the most beloved books in the English language. It has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike.

As the ghosts spirit Scrooge from the present to his past and future, Dickens takes us on a magical journey from the miser’s dank and creaking house to cosy hearths, and from snowy graveyards to joyful festivities. This treasured story offers a celebration of goodness, a plea for justice and the promise of redemption.

Based on Dickens’ own performance adaptation, Simon Callow and director-designer Tom Cairns have created a one-man theatrical extravaganza of festive story-telling that is both heart-warming and deeply moving.

Simon Callow, one of the nation’s best loved actors, returns to Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL after huge international success with The Mystery of Charles Dickens (West End and Broadway), national acclaim for Dr Marigold & Mr Chops and guest starring as Dickens on Doctor Who (BBC). Simon published his own biography of Dickens in early 2012. On screen, Simon is best known for his roles in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare in Love and Amadeus.

‘Delivered with real comic aplomb’
Time Out

‘Simon Callow gives a Dickens tour de force’
Daily Mail
****

‘Warm hearted and enthralling. Reminds us what a true Christmas might be’
Daily Express
*****

‘Beautiful and magical. There will be bigger, flashier shows on offer this Christmas, but none, I suspect, that will leave one quite so warmed and moved as this one’
Daily Telegraph
*****

‘A quietly spellbinding piece of theatre’
Financial Times
****

‘A remarkable rendering of A Christmas Carol’
Observer

‘Glows with humour and compassion, and Callow makes a masterly storyteller, tracing the tale’s emotional journey with precision and relishing the writing’s linguistic curlicues like mouthfuls of plum pudding’
The Times
Author Charles Dickens
Director Tom Cairns
Featured Actors/Actresses Simon Callow
Designer Tom Cairns