Rehearsals have begun for Hope Mill Theatre’s new production of the magical musical version of A Christmas Carol which is playing Lowry, Salford for the 2024/25 festive season.
As part of Hope Mill Theatre’s future development, the venue is expanding their operations to produce its award-winning musicals on a larger scale in other venues and A Christmas Carol will run at Lowry, Salford, from Friday 6th December 2024 to Sunday 5th January 2025.
To mark the start of rehearsals, West End star Claire Moore, who will play ‘Scrooge’ in the show, visited Salford Museum & Art Gallery’s Victorian Street, Lark Hill Place.
Based on Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella of the same name, A Christmas Carol has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and book by Mike Ockrent and Lynn Ahrens. It was a New York festive staple from 1994 to 2003 where it was presented annually at The Theater At Madison Square Garden and in 2004 it was adapted for television by Hallmark Entertainment for NBC starring Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge.
The classic Dickens story comes to life with true Broadway spectacle in this Musical version brought to you by Alan Menken (Disney’s Beauty And The Beast The Little Mermaid and Newsies and Little Shop Of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical, Once On This Island), and breathes fantastic new life into the classic tale of A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others. With an infuriated “Bah! Humbug!”, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve which leads Scrooge on a journey through the Past, Present and Future.
LISTING INFO:
Hope Mill Theatre present A Christmas Carol
Lowry, Salford
Friday 6th December 2024 to Sunday 5thJanuary 2025
Tickets: https://thelowry.com/whats-on/a-christmas-carol/
