A Christmas Carol

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.