Brian Conley will take centre stage as Ebenezer Scrooge at the Dominion Theatre this Christmas in a new concert staging of Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent’s A Christmas Carol.
The comedian turned musical theatre favourite will take on the iconic role in a special production featuring a cast of over 50 and the London Musical Theatre Orchestra (LMTO).
Tickets are now on sale for the production which will run from 7 December 2020 until 2 January 2021. Nine hundred free tickets will be made available to Key Workers and their families at Alpha’s La Dolce Vita Key Workers Matinee on 10 December. Further information on how to apply will be announced in the coming weeks.
Produced by Freddie Tapner for the LMTO and Gary England, this year’s Conley-led version of the 1994 Broadway musical reworking of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, follows on from LMTO’s successful sold-out concert performances of the show in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The director of LMTO’s previous concert productions including A Christmas Carol and Mack and Mabel, Shaun Kerrison will return to direct the production which will feature musical direction by LMTO founder Freddie Tapner with casting by Jim Arnold.
Covid safety measures and social distancing will be in place front of house, on stage, backstage and throughout the Dominion. Following the successful daily Covid-19 test trail implemented for the late summer run of Sleepless, A Musical Romance at the Troubadour Theatre, the producers of A Christmas Carol are working in partnership with GeneMe UK to put FRANKD testing in place throughout the entire run. As with Sleepless, the cast, musicians and backstage crew members will be tested during rehearsals with the results available within 30 minutes through the ID app Yoti.
Ticketholders will also be offered the chance to exchange their tickets free of charge up to 24 hours before a performance if they are unable to attend, feel unwell or have to isolate.
Based on Dickens’ timeless tale of Scrooge and his ghostly visitors the show features music written by Tony, Olivier and eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken, with lyrics by Tony Award winner Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime) and a book by Drama Desk ward winner Mike Ockrent (Me and My Girl) and Ahrens.
A Christmas Carol was presented annually in New York from 1994 until 2003 with some of the biggest names in entertainment including F. Murray Abraham, Tim Curry, Jim Dale, Frank Langella, and Roddy McDowell who all took on the central role of the ultimate Christmas killjoy. The production was adapted for television in 2004 with Kelsey Grammar as Scrooge and Jason Alexander as Jacob Marley.
The hit musical The Prince of Egypt is due to resume its run at the Dominion Theatre in the spring of 2021 pending changes to Government Covid-safety advice.
Angela Thomas
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