![]() Unlike the Old Vic, the production was adapted into a traditional proscenium arch setting. ![]() Broadway (2019) įor the 2019 season, The Old Vic production opened on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre from November 7, 2019, until January 5, 2020, starring Campbell Scott as Ebenezer Scrooge. It was announced that the production will return for 7th year in a row from 11 November 2023 to 6 January 2024 starring Christopher Eccleston as Scrooge. The production returned again (for audiences to attend in person) from 13 November 2021 to 8 January 2022 starring Stephen Mangan as Scrooge and returned the following year from 12 November 2022 to 7 January 2023, starring Owen Teale as Scrooge. ![]() Andrew Lincoln starred as Scrooge, with many members of the cast from previous years at the Old Vic returning. The production was scheduled to return for the 2020 season from 21 November 2020 to 16 January 2021 however, due to COVID-19 pandemic the production was performed as part of the Old Vic: In Camera series from 12 to 24 December 2020, being broadcast live from the empty Old Vic auditorium and streamed to audiences via Zoom. Notably, the production's design transforms the Old Vic proscenium stage into the round with seating onstage and a walkway going through the centre of the stalls, creating a more immersive environment for the audience and the performers (who greet and hand out mince pies and satsumas to members of the audience before the play begins).įollowing the success of the production, it was revived at the Old Vic for the 2018 season (24 November 2018 to 19 January 2019, starring Stephen Tompkinson as Scrooge ) before returning again for the 2019 season (23 November 2019 to 18 January 2020, starring Paterson Joseph as Scrooge ). The production is directed by Old Vic Artistic Director Matthew Warchus and designed by Rob Howell, with music composed and orchestrated by Chris Nightingale. The adaptation premiered at the Old Vic in London on 20 November 2017, running until 20 January 2018, starring Rhys Ifans as Ebenezer Scrooge. Production history The Old Vic, London (2017–present) It has also performed on Broadway (where it won 5 Tony Awards), on a US tour and in Melbourne. The adaptation was written for The Old Vic in London where it premiered for the Christmas 2017 season and has returned every year since due to popular demand. Cover of the playtext, featuring Rhys Ifans as ScroogeĪ Christmas Carol is a play by Jack Thorne based on the 1843 novella of the same name by Charles Dickens. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |