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2013/14 Tour of A Christmas Carol
Talkwood Productions are pleased to announce that A Christmas Carol will tour the UK again in 2013/14, dates and venues will be published here soon!
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Reviews from A Christmas Carol UK Tour 2012/13
A Christmas Carol- The Spa Theatre, Bridlington
Published Monday 26 November 2012 at 10:49 by Will Ramsey [abridged]
Tice Oakfield might be a young Scrooge but he’s an effective one. Stooped with weariness, he exudes bleakness like a fog - though you can’t help being fond of him.
Talkwood Productions’ first national tour, a musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol, captures the great tradition of the English ghost story - being both chilling and charming.
The set pieces show keen creative minds at work - particularly the arrival of the Ghost Of Christmas Future. Instead of the cliched hooded figure, the company uses a huge, hanging black cloth which the actors push themselves into from behind - a brilliantly simple and sinister piece of stage craft.
Sections of the music - particularly the song of the Ghost of Christmas Past and some of Scrooge’s more reflective moments - are glorious, mournful and minor key.
This is a show of poise and swagger, tempering Dickens’ more sugary moments with a dose of something more world-weary, it is the perfect tonic for a bleak winter night.
"The atmosphere was perfect in every scene"
"Each and every cast member put in a fantastic performance and I was totally drawn in to the story."
"Chorleywood be proud, you have a five-star production on your doorstep..."
"The whole cast fizzed, Joshua Sills and team have produced a real sizzler of a show..."
"Instantly immersive, a testament to the creative team, attention to period detail and quality of acting, Talkwood's production is a terrific success and gives new breath to this old tome with a host of original songs..."
"Bah Humbug? Not at the Futurist..."
Published by Ben Spencely, December 10th 2012
"A uniquely rewarding experience..."
"The cast deserve due praise for vividly bringing to life the inhabitants of Dickens' novel..."
"Each ghost is beautifully realised, from the clanking chains and striking lighting that heralds the arrival of Marley to the wildy imaginative way the ghost of Christmasses yet to come is brought to life..."
"The lyrics suit perfectly as does the music and the choreography is fantastic...a uniquely rewarding experience..."
"It was impossible not to become completely wrapped up in the whole performance..."
"It was the performance of Tice Oakfield as Ebenezer Scrooge that really shone out. His portryal could rival some of the best-known adaptations of the piece, with body language, face and voice working perfectly to bring one of the most miserable men of literature vividly to life...."
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