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Join Lantern Light this Christmas as we journey with Ebenezer Scrooge in a festive tale of self-knowledge, regret and redemption...

Going back to the fable's roots as a classic Victorian ghost story, there will be scares, laughs and heart-breaks along the way, in this new adaptation by veteran writer Sophie Flack, directed by Artistic Associate Kerren Garner.

Suitable for ages 11+

Adults £15
Concessions £13 (under 16, OAP, Student)
 
***** "Expertly told..." The Latest (Hansel & Gretel)
***** "Sophie Flack's superb sense of timing" View from the Gods (Flurry)
***** "Diana Atkins and Hayley Thompson are excellent" Manchester Audience Bulldog (Blu-Ray)
Arts Council Audience Feedback (Summer of Sherlock)
***** "A superb company"
**** "Excellent performances"
***** “We loved the show!”
***** “THANKS very much for a very entertaining evening!”
"This fantastic performance really captures the spirit and morals of Dickens' book.  The values of looking after the needy and vulnerable are just as relevant today as they were in 1843 and Lantern Light's production captivated our students' hearts and minds.  The production is true to the book and makes clever use of an engaging narrator to thread the narrative together. The quality of the acting was superb and simply but effectively put together.  Thank you for putting on this show!"
Ruth Nilsson, Davison CE High School for Girls
"Scrooge was superb!"
"Very entertaining and true to the book."
"Loved it!  I would definitely watch it again if given the chance."
"The actors and narrator made me feel really involved in the story."
Year 10 Student comments
"A ten out of ten show!"
Molly Kennedy, Hotwalls Studios
"A satisfying and faithful new adaptation!... Lantern Light's USP is the ability to fit venue and show, and St Nicholas' Church, probably Brighton's oldest building, is a terrific venue. Eerie sound and lighting design by Dan Skelt highlight rood screen, dais, long aisles and real candlelight, with London fog drifting about the ivy-wreathed stone pillars creating atmosphere, visuals and mood which a theatre just can't offer."
Phillippa Hammond, Sussex Playwrights
"The wonderful Lantern Light production of A Christmas Carol at the Round Tower ... perfect pre-Christmas piece of theatre"
Chris Attwell, Councillor for St Thomas Ward

Dates

St Nicholas Church, Church Street, Brighton, BN1 3LJ

Thursday 5th December 2019
2pm - Schools Matinee (Public tickets also available)
7.30pm - Evening Show

The Round Tower, Broad Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2JE

 Wednesday 11th December 2019
11am - Schools Matinee (SOLD OUT)
7.30pm - Evening Show

Thursday 12th December 2019
​7.30pm - Evening Show (SOLD OUT)

Saturday 14th December
2.30pm - Matinee
7.30pm - Evening Show (SOLD OUT)

Sunday 15th December
2.30pm - Matinee (SOLD OUT)

St Dunstan's Church, High Street, Mayfield, TN20 6AQ

Friday 13th December 2019
7.30pm - Evening Show
For school matinee bookings please email lanternlighttheatre@outlook.com or call Kerren Garner on 07803296089

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

EBENEZER SCROOGE
- Seth Morgan

Seth trained at the Webber Douglas Academy. Recent credits include the eponymous, 'Brexorcist', at Brighton Spiegeltent,& the storyteller in,' La Llorona', at St.Peter's Church, Preston Manor. This year, in addition to extensive work for Lumix/ Panasonic he was Malek in 'Wizards Against Lizards' during Brighton Festival Fringe, & Shrewesbury in 'Bess: the Commoner Queen'. Seth is greatly looking forward to taking on the mantle of this iconic character and delving into why he is how he is - and what it will take for him to change.

THE NARRATOR/MRS DILBER
- Deborah Kearne

Deborah graduated from ALRA. Theatre includes: The Duchess in a gender swapped version of The Revengers Tragedy at the Rose Theatre Bankside, Francis in Cross, (a play that she wrote & which is now an award winning short film), The Receptionist in Cut Throat, for Trip & Guts Theatre Company and Sister Aloysious in Doubt at The Printers Playhouse. Deborah was an original writer and cast member of the Standing Ovariation comedy team and also performs with sketch show company The Frow Show. TV includes: some rather 'interesting' commercials and the historical drama, The Miniaturist for the BBC. 

BOB CRATCHITT/JACOB MARLEY
- Robert Cohen

Robert is an actor and writer. Recent roles include Friar Lawrence in Romeo and Juliet (Shoreham Wordfest), Skeres in The Geminus (Camden Fringe), Egeon in The Comedy of Errors (Petersfield Shakespeare Festival), and Officer Mason in the film Adventure Boyz. Self-penned solo shows have included Something Rotten (about Hamlet’s uncle), the traficomedy High Vis, The Trials of Harvey Matusow (true story of a McCarthyite supergrass), and most recently the Jewish memoir Dog's Chosen. He is particularly excited to be working on this production as ‘A Christmas Carol’ is one of
his favourite books.

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT/FEZZIWIG/SCROOGE'S FATHER - Tom Dussek

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST/BELLE/JESSICA
- Sophie Flack

FRED/YOUNG SCROOGE/
TINY TIM
- Benjamin Baeza
With over a decade of professional voice acting and voiceover work, veteran character actor Tom Dussek is bringing his considerable talents to a wealth of strange and wonderful Dickensian characters! He is the voice of Gorilla Glue and has also worked for the BBC, NHS, BP and more. Aside from voice-over, his recent stage credits include: Lord Capulet in ‘Romeo & Juliet’ (Ropetackle Arts); the Murderer in ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ & numerous characters in ‘The Haunted Crossroads’ (Lantern Light) and award-winning one man show ‘Doing What it Says on the Tin’.
Sophie graduated from Drama Studio London and since graduating has toured with numerous productions both in the UK and internationally, as well as film, TV and radio work. Most recently she played the lead in Silent Dove’s production of ‘Lotty’, a film exploring mental health issues; Beryl Stapleton in Lantern Light’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’; Lady Capulet in ‘Romeo & Juliet’; Helen Stoner in ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’ and Kathleen/Goody in ‘The Haunted Crossroads.’ She is looking forward to exploring all of these different wise, strong female characters – all of whom seem to know and understand Scrooge better than he knows himself.
Benjamin has been acting in and around the South Coast for the past 9 years, appearing in varying roles within Brighton theatres, including: Jakob/Ensemble in Frankenstein (Truestory); Frizer in The Geminus; Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet; Domitius Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra; and Jonathan Harker in Dracula (Brief Hiatus). Other recent roles include: Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Boxtree Productions) and Captain Tilney/James, Sebastian in Northanger Abbey/Murder on the Terrace (Heartbreak Productions, National Tour). Ben is excited to work on this fresh new adaptation of A Christmas Carol with a darker edge and cannot wait to portray Fred as he is the audience’s insight into the humanity and joy Christmas can bring to people.

DIRECTOR (& MRS CRATCHITT)
- Kerren Garner

LIGHTING & SOUND
- Dan Skelt
Kerren trained at the London Repertory Company Academy where she was told she was a “natural Director!” She took them at their word and has since become an Artistic Associate with Lantern Light with whom she directed Hansel and Gretel, as well as an Associate Director with Brighton Shakespeare Company on productions: The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Other directing credits include topical comedy show The Treason Show and new comedy ‘Would Like to Meet’. She has a love of classics as well as new writing and is always interested in pulling out for the audience why we should still pay attention to these stories and what they have to say about how we live now. She is excited to explore the psychological drama behind this classic ghost story, the fun of a festive show in addition to highlighting the parallels between Dickensian society and ours.
Dan studied Multi-Media Studies at Worthing College and i one half of Two Bit Productions - a freelance production company producing films, music videos, documentaries and corporate videos. He produces and edits sci-fi horror podcast 'The Whispers Through the Static'. He is also the guitarist
for indie band Outpost 3. He joined Lantern Light this year for their array of productions in Summer of Sherlock 2019, and is delighted to be back and work on creating a thrilling and atmospheric soundscape for their new production of A Christmas Carol.

ADAPTATION - Written by Sophie Flack

This is Sophie's fifth Victorian adaptation. She studied English Literature at the University of Bristol and then was given a place on Euroscript's Screenwriting Summer Bootcamp. She was commissioned for the last two years in a row by the Conan Doyle Collection to write two new stage plays and a radio play based on themes from the archive and the Sherlock Holmes stories themselves - ‘Sherlock’s Poisons’, an adult drama exploring the use of drugs and poisons in the Sherlock Holmes stories; ‘The Adventures of Conan Doyle’ a children’s story-telling show based on the travels of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and a brand new adaptation of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.
Other of her works have been produced by See You Next Tuesday at The New Players Theatre, Lost Theatre, ScriptReadEast at Rich Mix and Lantern Light. She is currently working on two feature scripts - a female buddy comedy and a monster movie.