A Christmas Carol
From: Wednesday, 11th November 2009
To: Sunday, 10 January 2010
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Our Review:
Michael Coveney - 26 November 2009
The first Christmas show off the blocks in the West End is a canny re-tread of the Hackney Empire seasonal efforts of director Susie McKenna and composer Steven Edis and you’d have to say it’s a turn up for the carol books given this venue’s wretched record in the secular months.
The social stand-off between measly Scrooge and his kind-hearted nephew Fred is framed in that between a grumpy old decorater and his slightly estranged son who arrive to spruce up the Arts and cover the front rows in a huge dust sheet before finding themselves dragooned into Dickensian jollifications.
Gareth Hale of the Hale and Pace comedy duo might be more suitably upholstered to play Santa Claus, but his Scrooge is a grumpy sweat who develops plausibly out of the dungaree-clad, Sun-reading workman and finds himself enchanted with the revelations of the Ghosts of Christmases past, present and to come.
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tabatha - 12 December 2009:
Gareth hale played the role as scrooge very well but I just thought the show was so boring that i walked out half way through.this wasn't my idea of a night out. ...
Cast
Gareth Hale (Scrooge)
Simon Lipkin
Rebecca Thornhill
Michael Matus
Matthew White (voice of Charlie the Theatre Mouse)
Sharon D. Clakre (Benttolina the Theatre Cat)
Brian Herring (puppeteer)
Erin Lister (puppeteer)
Creative
Tiny Tim Productions (Producer)
Arts Theatre (Producer)
Susie McKenna (Adaptation)
Steve Edis (Adaptation)
Susie McKenna (Director)
Steve Edis (Music)
Frank Thompson (Choreographer)
Lotte Collett (Design)
Ian MacGregor (Musical Director)
David Howe (Lighting)
Richard Brooker (Sound)
Scott Brooker (puppets) (Design)
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