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FAMILY

Wed 1 to Sat 11 December 2010

Scrooge's Christmas

Ulster Theatre Company

Directed by Michael Poynor

Tickets: €15/€10, Family of Four: €42

Schools: €8.50 per pupil

Book online:

Sat 4 Dec 3pm | 7pm

Sat 11 Dec 3pm | 7pm

NB: Week day matinees can only be booked via the box office on 074 912 0777.

 

Kicking off December in fine festive fashion is Scrooge's Christmas, a boisterously funny and energetic Christmas Pantomime to delight all ages.

 

****"Humbug? This Scrooge is more of a humdinger" Ireland on Sunday

 

"an absolute Dickens of a show - an all-singing, all-dancing Christmas cracker bursting with colour and song." Belfast Newsletter

 

"Audiences really do have something to celebrate this Christmas in terms of quality festive entertainment with Scrooge's Christmas" Irish Newsletter

 

"When it comes to panto, Poynor not only knows the theory and the history, he knows how to make it work." Belfast Telegraph

 

 

Above: production photos from Scrooge's Christmas - view full screen

 

The show comes highly recommended from The Market Place Theatre in Armagh who reported that this was their best and most popular Christmas show ever.

 

In Scrooge's Christmas you will see Victorian London in all her winter finery as Ebenezer Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by his cheeky nephew Fred, with the help of a trio of hilarious ghosts, a Dame no pantomime should be without, and a host of colourful characters Dickens might have written if he’d had a lot less shame.

 

Performance Schedule

 

Wed 1 Dec 11am Sold Out    
Thurs 2 Dec 11am Limited Availability    
Fri 3 Dec 11am Limited Availability    
Sat 4 Dec 3pm Available 7pm Available
Sun 5 Dec
no performances
Mon 6 Dec 11am Sold Out    
Tues 7 Dec 10am Sold Out 1pm Limited Availability
Wed 8 Dec 11am Sold Out    
Thurs 9 Dec 10am Sold Out 1pm Available
Fri 10 Dec 10am Very Limited Availability 1pm Available
Sat 11 Dec 3pm Available 7pm Available

 

 

Packed with more puns, quips, asides and more "oh yes it was" and "look behind you" than you can shake a stick at, the show is a celebration of the best of old-fashioned traditional panto, yet fresh and fast enough to keep the youngest of patrons paying attention.

 

The laughter is infectious, the songs…..ridiculous, and the production is choc-a-bloc with every stage trick in the book.

 

Scrooge's Christmas is being staged by the Ulster Theatre Company who previously presented Sleeping Beauty at An Grianán in December 2008. The company are well known for being the producers of the best of seasonal entertainment in Ireland for more than two decades.

 

The cast features Richard Doubleday as Scrooge, Marty Maguire as Lilly Marley, Michael Liebmann as Jacob Marley, Ciaran Nolan as Bob Cratchit, Julie Maxwell as Splenda, Rosie McClelland as Candarel and Roisin Magee as Lucy.

 

Scrooge's Christmas is written, directed and lit by Michael Poynor with music and lyrics by Mark Dougherty and designs by Elroy Ashmore. The show is co-directed and choreographed by Deborah Maguire.

 

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll have another mince pie as Scrooge’s Christmas gets the holiday season off to a perfect start!

 

 

 

 

 

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Schools Early Bird Payment option: pay in full by Mon 15 November 2010 and pay only €8 per pupil.

 

Buy a Show Option: You can book a whole show for only €2500 which works out at €6.50 per seat.

 

Richard Doubleday stars as Scrooge

 

Scrooge's Christmas

 

 

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