Charles Dickens News

Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment invite you to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with a classic Christmas double feature event.

Three leading Scottish actors, Jonathan Watson, Paul Riley and Maureen Beattie, known to audiences for their popular stage, screen and comedy performances, will appear in the National Theatre of Scotland's new comedy, Yer Granny, in 2015.

With many different ways to celebrate the holidays from cheerful music, beautiful dance, bright lights or brilliant displays, there is one story told year after year that never gets old and whose relevancy is stronger than ever. It is the story of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. Opening at the Heights Players this Friday is a new adaptation of that wonderful novel, written by Crispin Whittell for the Guthrie Theater in 2010.

The festive period is usually a time when we're told to look towards the future and forget about all of our troubles. The title Hope may be misleading for many, but the latest play by Jack Thorne to be staged at the Royal Court is a political production set around a group of Labour councillors struggling to deal with the financial strain currently being imposed upon local government.

'Bah, humbug!' is the cry from Ebenezer Scrooge, as he ushers in the holiday season in 'A Christmas Carol', at Leddy Center's beautiful theater on Ladd's Lane in Epping. Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' is tradition at Leddy Center and promises to make everyone's Christmas a lot more meaningful for the watching.

Hedgerow Theatre continues its holiday tradition with its 22nd annual production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which runs from today, December 5 to 28.

The Bay Areas' longest running stage production of A Christmas Carol returns to the Notre Dame de Namur University Theatre for nine performances. Opening night is tonight, December 5.

Starting tonight, December 5th, the Players' Ring continues its holiday tradition with their local adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. The show runs from tonight, December 5 to December 23.

Leddy Center is celebrating its 40th Season of bringing Broadway musicals and classic drama to our greater communities as a non-profit 501c3 NH Arts and Education Organization.

Civic Theatre of Allentown will present the Silver Anniversary Production of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' beginning tonight, December 5. The production, which will play at Civic's historic Nineteenth Street Theatre, runs through December 20.

Celebrate the holidays at Children's Theatre of Charlotte with a musical retelling of the classic Charles Dickens story, 'Scrooge!'. This yuletide treat opens at CTC tonight, Dec. 5 and runs through Dec. 22.

Town Players of Newtown is getting ready to celebrate the holidays with A CHRISTMAS CAROL, opening today, December 5 at The Little Theatre.

The well-loved tale of the penny-pinching miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, and the awakening of his long-forgotten festive spirit is a seasonal tradition for many. Sol Children Theatre will revisit Charles Dickens' ghostly tale of the Past, Present, and Future in an exciting new musical adaptation of the timeless classic. Staying true to the original text, this version of A Christmas Carol - A Musical to Raise the Spirits, with book and lyrics by Chris Blackwell and music by Piers Chater Robinson, draws upon Dickens' themes of time, family, and society's ills. The production will open today, December 5th and run through December 21st at Sol Theatre in Boca Raton.

The Grand 1894 Opera House will present Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, tonight, December 5, 2014 at 8 pm, in celebration of the annual Dickens on the Strand Festival. For many fans, it's a favorite time to dress in period costume, and patrons are invited enter into the spirit of the evening at The Grand. Tickets may be purchased at The Grand's Box Office, 2020 Postoffice Street, by calling 409.765.1894, 800.821.1894, or online at www.thegrand.com.

For the delight of audiences aged 5 to 105, Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre will perform 'A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa' from today, December 5 to 14, 2014 in The Club at La MaMa, 74A East Fourth Street. The show is an adaptation of Dickens' classic with Old World accents and New World inclusiveness. Adapted and directed by Vit Horejs, it features over 30 puppets by Milos Kasal and holiday songs in Czech, English, Hebrew & Swahili. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the show!

A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, continues a newly cherished family holiday tradition by presenting its production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This time-honored tale of forgiveness opens tonight, December 5 and closes on Tuesday, December 23, 2014.

American tenor Jay Hunter Morris will replace Anthony Dean Griffey in Houston Grand Opera's world premiere production of A Christmas Carol, it was announced today by HGO Artistic and Music Director Patrick Summers. Mr. Griffey has withdrawn for health reasons. The 90-minute opera, commissioned by HGO from composer Iain Bell and librettist Simon Callow, is written for a single singer performing the role of The Narrator. A Christmas Carol runs from tonight, December 5 through 21, 2014, at the Wortham Theater Center, and is suitable for ages 12 and up.

Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns with American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)'s celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.