What the Dickens? The Telling at Ullet Road Church Hall, Liverpool on Sunday 15th October 2023

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What the Dickens? The Telling

Add to my Calendar 15-10-2023 19:30 15-10-2023 21:30 36 What the Dickens? The Telling A brand new theatre piece with music by Clare Norburn, soundtracked by colourful Victorian popular songs and street music, haunting old carols and lively folk dance music.   It’s Charles Dickens’ last Christmas Eve: 1869. Against his doctor’s wishes, he gives one of his acclaimed theatrical readings of A Christmas Carol: but from the moment the lights go down, his life becomes strangely entangled with his character Scrooge. Dickens’ carefully managed image as a family man, who has created the very quintessence of Christmas starts to unravel. He is haunted by the women he has mistreated, who force him to face up to his past, present and future. Can Dickens learn from the ghosts, repent - and be saved, as Scrooge was saved?  “mesmerising” - The Guardian on The Telling “an exploration of the boundaries between art and life...intelligent… finds new terrain” - The Guardian on Clare Norburn’s writing Ullet Road Church Hall, Liverpool DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Ullet Road Church Hall
57 Ullet Road
Toxteth
Liverpool
Lancashire
L17 2AA
England

Sunday 15th October 2023
7:30 PM

Programme

Various – Victorian popular song & street music, haunting carols and folk dances

Performers

The Telling

Programme Note

A brand new theatre piece with music by Clare Norburn, soundtracked by colourful Victorian popular songs and street music, haunting old carols and lively folk dance music.

It’s Charles Dickens’ last Christmas Eve: 1869. Against his doctor’s wishes, he gives one of his acclaimed theatrical readings of A Christmas Carol: but from the moment the lights go down, his life becomes strangely entangled with his character Scrooge. Dickens’ carefully managed image as a family man, who has created the very quintessence of Christmas starts to unravel. He is haunted by the women he has mistreated, who force him to face up to his past, present and future. Can Dickens learn from the ghosts, repent - and be saved, as Scrooge was saved?

“mesmerising” - The Guardian on The Telling

“an exploration of the boundaries between art and life...intelligent… finds new terrain” - The Guardian on Clare Norburn’s writing

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