Humber River Shakespeare Company's A CHRISTMAS CAROL to Launch Tour Next Month

The Humber River Shakespeare Company presents its annual production of Dickens' holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. This December, gather with friends and family as five actors, armed with exquisite costumes and a trunk full of story-telling treasures, bring to life the timeless tale of greed, ghosts, and salvation.

This year's tour of A Christmas Carol will visit 10 unique venues, including the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, The Alton Mill Arts Centre, Montgomery's Inn Museum, and our newest venues, The Quaker Meeting House Newmarket, and Black Creek Pioneer Village.

Now entering its eighth season, the Humber River Shakespeare Company continues to offer professional and accessible theatre year-round to communities in the Humber Watershed and beyond - from touring Shakespeare-in-the-Park in the summer, to innovative and original Canadian works in unique spaces in the fall.

Humber River Shakespeare's adaptation of A Christmas Carol started as a reading for three holiday events in the GTA. After two years the script was expanded, scenes, masks and puppetry were added, and the result is an hour long production that audiences have embraced as an annual tradition. HRSC Artistic Director Kevin Hammond explains the motivation behind the production: "Performing 'A Christmas Carol' is our way of giving back and sharing a universal message of hope and charity and kindness. It is a treat and an honour to perform the show each year and I am always amazed at how moved the audiences are".

Whether by the fire in a Victorian era hotel at Montgomery's Inn, in a picturesque gallery of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, by gas lamp at Black Creek Pioneer Village, or in the beautifully refurbished Alton Mill, this charming one hour performance will warm the hearts of Tiny Tims and Scrooges alike.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL: 2014 Touring Schedule

Dec 4 - Montgomery's Inn, 7pm (4709 Dundas St. W., Toronto)

Dec 5 - Quaker Meeting House, 7pm (17030 Yonge St., Newmarket)

Dec 6 - Montgomery's Inn, 2pm (4709 Dundas St. W, Toronto)

Dec 6 - Melville White Church, 7pm (15962 Mississauga Rd, Caledon)

Dec 7 - Alton Mill Arts Centre, 2pm (1402 Queen St. W., Alton)

Dec 9 - Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, 7pm (313 Main St., Schomberg)

Dec 10 - St. Paul's Church Runnymede, 7pm (404 Willard Ave., Toronto)

Dec 11 - Montgomery's Inn, 7pm (4709 Dundas St. W, Toronto)

Dec 12 - Montgomery's Inn, 1pm (School Performance)*

Dec 12 - Montgomery's Inn, 7pm (4709 Dundas St. W, Toronto)

Dec 13 - Aurora Cultural Centre, 1pm (22 Church St., Aurora) part of "A Victorian Christmas"

Dec 14 - McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1:30 (10365 Islington Ave, Vaughan) performance included with Gallery Admission

Dec 16 - Black Creek Pioneer Village, 10:30am (School Performance)*

Dec 17 - Black Creek Pioneer Village, 10:30am (School Performance)*

Dec 17 - Black Creek Pioneer Village, 7pm (1000 Murray Ross Parkway, Toronto)

Dec 18 - Christ Church Parish Hall, Kettleby, 7pm (292 Kettleby Road, Kettleby)

Dec 21 - Montgomery's Inn, 2pm & 7pm (4709 Dundas St. W, Toronto)