⭐ THE OLD VIC ANNOUNCE A CHRISTMAS CAROL LIVE-STREAMED PERFORMANCES ⭐
The Old Vic has announced that Jack Thorne’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will be live-streamed, this Winter.
It will be staged as a full-scale production, playing to an empty auditorium, as part of the Old Vic: In Camera series, for 16 performances only.
The Old Vic Artistic director Matthew Warchus commented: “It has been such a moving thing to witness how so many people have rallied around to support the Old Vic, and theatre in general, at this time of serious jeopardy, and back in May I received an extraordinary email from a well-known actor offering to help in any way he could and expressing a long-standing wish to play Scrooge.
Although at the time our conversations revolved around bringing back a live audience in time for Christmas, that clearly is no longer possible, and I’m incredibly grateful to him and to everyone for willingly agreeing to change tack and join us in reconfiguring this much loved production into an In Camera event. I’m excited to tell the story in this new format, with the powerful addition of close-ups, and hope it will provide much needed sustenance for audiences (a mince pie or a satsuma if not a chocolate digestive) on this gruelling journey. We will be announcing full casting very soon.”
80,000 tickets will be available for the run, with all ticket-holders for the live show (which has now been postponed) guaranteed a chance to watch the live-stream.
Tickets will go on sale in November, priced from £10 – £65.
Brilliant! ! ! I wonder who will play Scrooge?
Thoughts? X x x
Source – https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/the-old-vic-christmas-carol-live-stream_52543.html
