⭐ A CHRISTMAS CAROL – THE MUSICAL – SONGS BY ALAN MENKEN & LYNN AHRENS – ANNOUNCED BY HOPE MILL THEATRE FOR THE LOWRY – CHRISTMAS 2024 ⭐
Hope Mill Theatre is to stage a new production of the magical musical version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at The Lowry, Salford for the 2024/25 festive season, it has been announced.
Following their critically acclaimed production of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella in 2022, Hope Mill co-founders Joseph Houston and William Whelton will reunite to co-direct a new version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, with Whelton also choreographing.
As part of Hope Mill Theatre’s future development the venue is expanding their operations to produce its award-winning musicals on a larger scale in other venues and A CHRISTMAS CAROL will run in The Lowry’s Quays Theatre next December.
The classic Dickens story comes to life with true broadway spectacle in this musical version brought to you by Alan Menken (Disney’s Beauty And The Beast The Little Mermaid and Newsies and Little Shop Of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical, Once On This Island), and breathes fantastic new life into the classic tale of A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated “Bah! Humbug!”, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve which leads Scrooge on a journey through the Past, Present and Future.
This musical adaptation was a New York festive staple from 1994 to 2003 where it was presented annually at The Theater At Madison Square Garden and in 2004 it was adapted for television by Hallmark Entertainment for NBC starring Kelsey Grammer as Ebeneezer Scrooge.
Cast and full creative team to be announced.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Mike Ockrent & Lynn Ahrens. Based on the story by Charles Dickens.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL will play The Lowry’s Quays Theatre, running from 6th December 2024 – 4th January 2025.
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Tickets & more info – https://thelowry.com/whats-on/a-christmas-carol/
