A Christmas Carol - A Promenade Production

Synopsis

Dicken's original story of Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. This story has been adapted many many ways but the true magic and the great mix of fright and delight comes only from returning to the original.

Our Review:

2 December 2010

The tale of a rich scrooge, prompted to philanthropy by the machinations of either an over worked imagination or a ‘Higher Being’ (it doesn’t really matter which it’s the money that counts) there are some pretty obvious reasons why A Christmas Carol is the seasonal show of choice for 2010.

Tacit Theatre and .dash’s production at the atmospheric, but here woefully underused, Theatre Delicatessen sadly falls far short of any such social commentary, although to be fair they may not have intended to do any. Unfortunately it is not clear what they are trying to do other than stage a rather hackneyed production that has little dramatic tension and incredibly for such a well known work, narrative clarity.

Tom Daplyn fights valiantly against a belaboured script but his premature redemption renders the rest of his journey superfluous; this Scrooge repents after the first flicker of otherworldly attention. In [Jessica Jordan-W...

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Citygirl - 22 December 2010:

We took children to see this. Not suitable for children at all, no magic, no production and a complete waste of money. We left during the performance - pleased to go and do something else. Very, very disappointing...

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