A Christmas Carol

Brunton panto up for a CATS

Brunton panto up for a CATS

Traverse, Lyceum & Grid Iron shows also nominated

The Brunton and Wonder Fools co-production of A Christmas Carol is one of four productions nominated in the new Outstanding Pantomime category in this year’s Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland.

May 16 2025 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★★ Ebenezer good

Forget the nursery rhymes and fairy stories, The Brunton’s panto this year has a more adult source, being an adaptation of A Christmas Carol: Charles Dickens’s beloved tale of greed, ghosts and redemption.

Dec 19 2024 | By | Reply More
McScrooge

McScrooge

★★★★☆ Beautiful adaptation

McScrooge by Alan Mountford and Leith’s Citadel Arts Group for the Scottish Dementia Arts Festival is a beautiful adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, designed to meet the particular needs of its audience, while retaining the key elements of the original novella.

Nov 15 2024 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Thoughtful

That most evergreen of Christmas stories – A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – is given a faithful, tuneful and carefully contemporary spin by Forth Act at Saint Salvador’s in Stenhouse.

Dec 16 2023 | By | Reply More
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

★★★★☆ Splendidly seasonal

Guy Masterson’s A Christmas Carol is a splendidly seasonal production of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of greed and redemption in a world of extremes of wealth and poverty, playing at the Roxy until Friday.

Nov 28 2023 | By | Reply More
Xmas Carol Casting Call

Xmas Carol Casting Call

The Forth Act gets Dickensian for Christmas

Edinburgh amateur theatre company The Forth Act, is set to stage an adaptation of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at St Salvador’s Church in Stenhouse in the second week of December 2023.

Sep 27 2023 | By | Reply More
Captivating the Nativity

Captivating the Nativity

Captivate stage Nativity! the Musical

Local company Captivate Theatre is bringing a production of Nativity! The Musical to Edinburgh for six performances only this Christmas, alongside its new take on A Christmas Carol.

Dec 10 2022 | By | Reply More
Online Xmas Viewing

Online Xmas Viewing

Shows to see if your panto is cancelled

Covid has caused nearly all theatre in Scotland to be cancelled, but Dundee Rep, the Gaiety Ayr and the Edinburgh Lyceum theatres have made online versions of their Christmas shows available to the public.

Dec 26 2021 | By | Reply More
Morgan & West: A (sort of) Christmas Carol Magic Show

Morgan & West: A (sort of) Christmas Carol Magic Show

★★★☆☆ Enjoyable:
Old-fashioned trickery and a well-known story combine with humour in A (sort of) Christmas Carol Magic Show at the Spiegeltent – a seasonal offering that does not always gel but provides a great deal of entertainment.

Dec 10 2016 | By | Reply More
Review – A Christmas Carol: The Pantomime

Review – A Christmas Carol: The Pantomime

Accomplished and enjoyable, Balerno Theatre Company’s staging of A Christmas Carol – The Pantomime is an entertaining if ultimately somewhat patchy production.

Dec 5 2013 | By | Reply More