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Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol

Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol (Musical) production archive for QTIX code T0153490107. Details of all Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S1893905151

Archive Listings

1 Dec 00
  to
20 Jan 01
BAC (Battersea Arts Centre)
Inner London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

Details

Uncle Ebenezer - A Christmas Carol archiveOn 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. The World premiere of a joyful new musical specially commissioned by BAC.

Cast/Performers

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

Creatives/Company

Company(s): BAC, The Steam Industry
Adapted by: Phil Willmott
Director(s): Phil Willmott, Annemarie Lewis Thomas (music)
Design: Full Cry
Choreographer: Jack Gunn
Costume: Andri Korniotis

Reviews

Reviews


Ticketlinks: 11Jan01: Star RatingStar RatingStar RatingStar Rating
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.

User Reviews

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.

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