Performance

VenueBAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
Other spaces: Studios 1, 2 and 3
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From1st December 2000
Opened6th December 2000
To20th January 2001
WhenTues-Sun 19:30, Sun 17:30, Mats - Dec 16, 23, 30, Jan 6, 13, 20 at 15:00
What is currently on at BAC (Battersea Arts Centre) (V168)

Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol

Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas CarolT0153490107
On Christmas Eve, 1843, a young writer weaves an enchanting tale of mean spirits and human goodness for his enraptured family. In a set that envelops the audience you'll find yourselves in the midst of the world he creates. Follow your favourite characters as they journey through a wondrous world of ghastly ghosts, searing wickedness and inspiring generosity, to an explosion of seasonal cheer and celebration.


Archive :: production:T0153490107, musical:S1893905151, venue:V168

Production details

The World premiere of a joyful new musical specially commissioned by BAC.

Reviews

Overall: 4.00
Ticketlinks (11Jan01): Like most people, I have seen a lot of versions of A Christmas Carol over the years. Musicals on the West End stage, film adaptations, local versions - even the Muppet Christmas Carol. So I could have been forgiven in thinking there would be little new to interest me in this show. I was wrong.

The venue is a small black box acting space with a clear floor and some odd bits and pieces to suggest a Dickensian context. The first suprise is to find a cast of over 30 filling the space - and they really good fill it, moving with an assurance that prevented traffic jams and collisions and allowed them to create impressive displays and movement.

The hauntings were well presented and the use of puppetry added an extra dimension, especially to Marley's ghost - a very impressive sight, well handled.

Some tweaks to the story allowed it to be told as enacted narrative with Scrooge's nephew acting as the storyteller - this worked well though the resolution between the real and told stories doesn't bear too close an inspection - but by that time your being swept along by the confident singing and staging and the excellent individual performances of William Maxwell (Scrooge), Bill Ward (Nephew), Martin Fletcher (Bob Cratchit) and others. The children performed well, keeping up with the pace and presentation of their elders and there er some nice set pieces such as stripping Ebenezer's corpse.

If you go to see this keep an eye (and ear) out for the ensemble - whilst the action is going on they are always concentrating and providing credible off-line acting, even their rhubarb banter is appropriate and in keeping. Unusual discipline. 4


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Company

Company BAC
Company The Steam Industry
Adapted by Phil Willmott
Director Phil Willmott
Director Annemarie Lewis Thomas (music)
Design Full Cry
Choreographer Jack Gunn
Costume Andri Korniotis
Performer Stuart Piper (Young Scrooge)
Performer William Maxwell (Scrooge)
Performer Bill Ward (Scrooge's Nephew / The Narrator)
Performer Livy Armstrong (Mr Feziwig)
Performer Tom Murphy (A Charitable Gentelman)
Performer George Richmond Scott (The Reverend Pollet)
Performer Martin Fletcher (Bob Cratchit)
Performer Matthew Daines (Alec)
Performer Joanna Kirkland (Laura)
Performer Amanda Gleave (Eleanor - wife of Scrooge's nephew)
Performer Rosie Matthews (Estella)
Performer Francesca Charalambous (Estella)
Performer Ruya Niazi (Nell)
Performer Jade Regan (Nell)
Performer James Hendrickson (Oliver)
Performer Alex Graham (Oliver)
Performer Oliver Watson (Pip)
Performer Jordan Regan (Pip)
Performer Robert Kostur (Davey)
Performer Jack Cooper (Davey)
Performer Tim Stacey (Albert - footman)
Performer Sarah Pearman (Elsie - maid)
Performer Sally Plumb (Cook)
Performer Joe Hill (Stepfather to young Scrooge)
Performer Audrey Leybourne (Mrs Feziwig)
Performer Lindsay Cutter (Belle Feziwig)
Performer Robin Armstrong (Upperclass Man)
Performer Bea Holland (Upperclass Woman)
Performer Nicola Delaney (Mrs Cratchit)
Performer Lucie Collins (Martha Cratchit)
Performer Jack Cooper (Tiny Tim)
Performer Robert Kostur (Tiny Tim)
Performer Gary O'Sullivan (A Lighthouse Keeper)
Performer Jane Lucas (Peg)
Performer Kylie Butler (Neighbour)
Performer Tracy Kashi (Neighbour)
Performer Lynn Lomas (Neighbour)
Performer Lynsey Sugarman (Neighbour)
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