Adapted by Nigel Holloway
Based on the work of the same name by Charles Dickens
Words & Music by Nigel Holloway
Adapted from works by W.S Gilbert and A. Sullivan
Synopsis
A Christmas Carol was written in 1843; if you don't know what it is about, we refer you to the original classic!
Cast
| Ebenezer Scrooge | Chris Chedzey |
| Thief | Clare Davies |
| Ghost of Christmas Past | Neil Davies |
| Grave Digger | Mike Gaccon |
| Fan | Emma Jane Goodwin |
| Martha | Catherine Harris |
| Street Seller | Ceri Hawkins |
| Mrs Cratchit | Janet Holloway |
| Mr Fezziwig | Nigel Holloway |
| Ghost of Christmas Present | Mark "Floyd" Hughes |
| The Watch | Ruairidh MacLeod-Lyon |
| Bob Cratchit | Kevin Morgan |
| Clerk | James Osborne |
| Young Scrooge | Adam Parsons |
| Gentlewoman | Cheryl Payne |
| Mrs Fezziwig | Bev Pearce |
| Ghost of Jacob Marley | Adam Pitt |
| Fred's Wife | Fiona Thomas |
| Fred | Roger Thomas |
| Elizabeth | Caroline Thurlow |
| Gentlewoman | Leigh Tomala |
| Gravedigger | John Tomala |
| Street Seller | Rhonwen Undery |
| Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come | Rhodri Viney |
| Isabel | Sara Viney |
| The Children: | |
| Tiny Tim | Pippa Hopkins Alyn Hawke |
| Want | Rachael Reynhart |
| Ignorance | Elizabeth Tomala |
| The Cratchit Children: | Jessica Thurlow James Perons Alisa Kuzmina Kimberly Bonner |
Production & Backstage
| Producer | Nigel Holloway |
| Director | Diane Storey |
| Musical Director | Martyn Hearn |
| Choreographer | Fiona Thomas |
| Sound | Nigel Holloway, Steve Toozer |
| Lighting | Kevin Morgan, Charlotte Hearn |
| Stage managers | John Beadsworth, Ruth Chedzey |
| Stage Crew | Chris Hughes, John Payne |
| Wardrobe | Leigh Tomala, Caroline Thurlow, Clare Davies |
| Props | Tony Hill, Terri McMahon, Ruairidh MacLeod-Lyon, Celtic Prop Hire |
| Publicity | Janet Holloway |
Musical Numbers
| Act I | |
| Carol Singers | It came upon a midnight clear |
| Interlude | It came upon a midnight clear |
| Scrooge | Oh, why am I moody and sad |
| Fred | Good Morrow, Good Uncle |
| Orchestra | Scene Change |
| Marley's entrance with off stage chorus | |
| Marley's exit | |
| Cratchit melange | |
| Madrigal | Brightly dawns our Christmas Day |
| Orchestra | Scene change |
| Scrooge | Recitative: No, All is Still |
| Xmas Past & chorus | Incantation |
| Interlude | When the Night Wind Howls |
| Chorus | Now to the Banquet we press |
| Young Scrooge & Isabel | When alone together |
| Young Scrooge, Isabel & chorus | This very night |
| Fezziwig Elizabeth, young Scrooge, Isabel & chorus | A nice dilemma |
| Chorus | Joy unbounded |
| Isabel | Alone, and yet alive |
| Chorus & Principals | Oh Marvellous Illusion |
| Act II | |
| Orchestra | Christmas Present march |
| Scrooge | The hours creep on apace |
| Chorus | For the merriest fellows are we |
| Scrooge | Recitative: Into the endlessly stark nightmare |
| Orchestra | Scene change |
| Gravediggers & chorus of demons | Graveyard Gavotte - Away Away |
| Chorus | Funeral March |
| Chorus | Onward Christian Soldiers |
| Orchestra | Funeral exit music |
| Mrs Cratchit | The hour of gladness |
| Isabel & Scrooge | There was a time |
| Orchestra | Scrooge's grave |
| Scrooge | Recitative: No, No is it I? |
| Isabel, Mrs Cratchit, Scrooge, chorus | Of fool, that sealest |
| Orchestra | Oh fool, that sealest |
| Orchestra | Christmas morning |
| Chorus | With joyous shout |
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