Award-winning Antic Disposition, founded in 2005 by director Ben Horslen and director/designer John Risebero, is to celebrate its tenth anniversary with two productions, both performed in spectacular site-specific locations in central London.
Alongside Henry V, staged in Temple Church from 24 August to 5 September, is the return of A Christmas Carol which will be performed in the spectacular Elizabethan setting of Middle Temple Hall between 22 December and 30 December (press night is 23 December), following sell-out seasons in 2012 and 2014.
Antic Disposition’s acclaimed musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens combines the ghostly tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge with a score of original songs inspired by the carols of a traditional Victorian Christmas.
A Christmas Carol has already been seen by more than 5,000 people and is now established as one of London’s most magical festive treats. The highly atmospheric 16th-century Middle Temple Hall was a location well known to Dickens himself, who studied law at the ancient institution. Just a short distance from Temple Church, the stunning hall was completed in 1573 and remains virtually unchanged to this day.
With its cobbled alleyways and gas-lit courtyards, a visit to the Middle Temple is a journey into the London that Dickens himself knew, creating the perfect backdrop for this celebration of his much-loved Christmas classic. The historic hall will be decked for the occasion with boughs of holly, and mulled wine, mince pies and other traditional festive fare will be available to add to the Yuletide spirit.
Based on the novella by Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol has a book and lyrics by Ben Horslen and John Risebero, and music by Christopher Peake. The production is directed by Horslen and Risebero, who also designs.
Antic Disposition has won critical acclaim for staging visually striking, site-specific productions in spectacular historic buildings, including recent sold-out runs of The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and A Christmas Carol in Elizabethan Middle Temple Hall, and Romeo and Juliet in the ancient Temple Church.
The company triumphed last year at the Peter Brook/Empty Space Awards, winning the coveted Peter Brook/Equity Ensemble Award.
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