The Australian premiere of this playful adaptation of Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol using favourite music from the Gilbert & Sullivan operas, and clever new lyrics from Gayden Wren. Includes favourite music from The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Yeomen of the Guard, Patience, Ruddigore and more.

Gayden Wren is a New York-based Arts Editor at The New York Times and a passionate G&S fan. As well as a playwright and director, he is the author of “A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert & Sullivan” (Oxford University Press, 2002), and “Very Truly Yours, Gilbert & Sullivan“.

A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol was presented for the first time in 1994, by the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island, New York.

Story by Charles Dickens
Words by Gayden Wren (inspired by W.S. Gilbert)
Music by Arthur Sullivan

Directed by – Ben Klein

Musical Director – Catherine Bates

Assistant Director – Sarah Berry

Choreographer – Crystal Haig

CAST:

JAMES DOUGLAS    – Ebenezer Scrooge (Malvern)
LUKE BELLE    – Ebenezer Scrooge (Regional)
ROXANNE TAMLIN    – Narrator / Balladeer / Cheapside Jackie
JENNY WAKEFIELD    – Ghost of Christmas Past / Emily Cratchit
SHIRIN ALBERT    – Ghost of Christmas Present
ELENA GRIFFITHS    – Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come / Dora Lincoln
SINCLAIR McCLIMONT    – Bob Cratchit
AYISHA HERCELINSKY    – Tiny Tim
ROBERT BARNES    – Marley / Arthur / Peter Cratchit
JULIA FAWKNER    – Belle / Martha Cratchit
OWEN DAVIES    – Mr. Goodman / Mr. Fezziwig / Uncle Tim
ANNA CASTLE    – Mrs. Kindheart / Mrs. Fezziwig / Aunt Eadie
PHILIP LIBERATORE    – Fred Hanscom / Titus Burton
ALEXANDRIA CAMPBELL    – Swing
DAVE DOUDS    – Swing

Full: $45
Concession: $40
Group 10+: $40

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