Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol
19–24 December 2023
This December, the award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – returns to Canberra to lift your spirits.
Brimful of song, humour, love, and lashings of festive joy, A Christmas Carol is a magical, grand-in-scale production. The perfect tradition for your family, A Christmas Carol is a reminder of the true meaning of the season, and the power of kindness and love. It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery, Scrooge receives a visit from four ghosts who whisk him away on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Here, he revisits fragments of his life and is faced with a number of choices. Redemption is his for the taking – but is Old Scrooge capable of changing his ways before it’s too late? Complete with live music, yule-tide carolling, innovative video design, lavish costumes and, of course, snow, A Christmas Carol is quite simply “the most uplifting theatrical experience you’ll have this year” (The Courier-Mail). Plus, ‘tis the season! Doesn’t matter whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you can add on a drink + popcorn combo and/or drink + ice cream combo to your ticket. Time to get merry! (Drink options: a glass of our house red, white, sparkling, beer or soft drink.) A Christmas Carol is recommended for audiences aged 10+. This performance contains periods of low lighting/darkness and supernatural themes which may not be suitable for all children. “It’s the perfect Christmas play, really, and now I want to see it again. And again. And next year as well.” – The Courier-Mail ★★★★★ “Phenomenal … I can honestly say this is the best show I’ve seen all year.” – Broadway World ★★★★★ “Superb. The visual elements surpasses anything we’ve seen before.” – XS Entertainment ★★★★★ “Perfect.” – Stage WhispersCANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE IS TRANSITIONING TO A NEW TICKETING SYSTEM Your experience matters to us. Be enlivened by the ease. Canberra Theatre Centre is transitioning to a faster, easier ticketing system, and you may notice some changes when you next purchase tickets with us. Read more about the transition here. If you have any questions about these changes, please contact our friendly Canberra Ticketing Box Office team on (02) 6275 2700 or email canberraticketing@act.gov.au.
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19–24 December 2023
This December, the award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – returns to Canberra to lift your spirits.
Brimful of song, humour, love, and lashings of festive joy, A Christmas Carol is a magical, grand-in-scale production. The perfect tradition for your family, A Christmas Carol is a reminder of the true meaning of the season, and the power of kindness and love.
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery, Scrooge receives a visit from four ghosts who whisk him away on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Here, he revisits fragments of his life and is faced with a number of choices. Redemption is his for the taking – but is Old Scrooge capable of changing his ways before it’s too late?
Complete with live music, yule-tide carolling, innovative video design, lavish costumes and, of course, snow, A Christmas Carol is quite simply “the most uplifting theatrical experience you’ll have this year” (The Courier-Mail).
Plus, ‘tis the season! Doesn’t matter whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you can add on a drink + popcorn combo and/or drink + ice cream combo to your ticket. Time to get merry! (Drink options: a glass of our house red, white, sparkling, beer or soft drink.)
A Christmas Carol is recommended for audiences aged 10+. This performance contains periods of low lighting/darkness and supernatural themes which may not be suitable for all children.
“It’s the perfect Christmas play, really, and now I want to see it again. And again. And next year as well.” – The Courier-Mail
★★★★★ “Phenomenal … I can honestly say this is the best show I’ve seen all year.” – Broadway World
★★★★★ “Superb. The visual elements surpasses anything we’ve seen before.” – XS Entertainment
★★★★★ “Perfect.” – Stage Whispers
CANBERRA THEATRE CENTRE IS TRANSITIONING TO A NEW TICKETING SYSTEM
Your experience matters to us. Be enlivened by the ease.
Canberra Theatre Centre is transitioning to a faster, easier ticketing system, and you may notice some changes when you next purchase tickets with us. Read more about the transition here. If you have any questions about these changes, please contact our friendly Canberra Ticketing Box Office team on (02) 6275 2700 or email canberraticketing@act.gov.au.
Dates & Times
Tuesday 19 December, 7pm (Preview)
Wednesday 20 December, 7pm (Opening Night)
Thursday 21 December, 7pm
Friday 22 December, 2pm & 7pm
Saturday 23 December, 2pm & 7pm
Sunday 24 December, 2pm
Details
PRESENTED BY:
Canberra Theatre Centre and shake & stir theatre co
CATEGORY:
Family & Kids, Theatre
DURATION:
Approximately 105 minutes, with no interval.
WARNINGS:
A Christmas Carol contains haze, smoke, strobe effects, loud music, sections of low lighting and supernatural themes which may not be suitable for all children.
AGE SUITABILITY:
This performance is suitable for children 10+ or with parental discretion.
VENUE:
Canberra Theatre
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