A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens - Winner of Best Play 2010 London Awards for Art and Performance

A musical adaptation by Phil Wilmott

KINGS HEAD THEATRE, 115 UPPER STREET, LONDON, N1 1QN

10th DECEMBER 2008 to 4th JANUARY 2009

For a financially fraught Christmas, the King’s Head Theatre plays host to an (affordably priced!)
reminder of the important things in life. A vibrant cast of multi‐talented performers (from ages six to 60) present Phil Willmott’s new version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL in a celebratory staging
that’s set to entrance the city’s surliest cynics.
Uniting award‐winning young companies GRIT and Mokita, children, puppets and actormusicians
will recreate yuletime Victorian London to engross audiences from their first step
through the door. Willmott’s inventive adaptation places the narrative in a backstreet inn where
Dickens desperately recounts his tale to a sceptical publisher, quickly drawing a crowd from the
local punters. As he transforms a 19th century public house into a redemptive world of hardship
and hope, so the King’s Head will bring a touch of magic to every miser in the capital.

CAST LIST (in alphabetical order)

CHARLIE ANSON – DICKENS
MARTIN BISHOP - MR. FEZZIWIG
RICHARD DELANEY – GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
ANNA GLYNN – MRS. CRATCHIT
RUFUS GRAHAM – CHAPMAN
JAMES HAYWARD – BOB CRATCHIT
BARBARA HOCKADAY – LAURA
NICOLA REDMAN – UPPER CLASS LADY
POPPY ROE – BELLE
MAGGIE ROBSON – MRS. FEZZIWIG
OWEN SMITH – RICHARD SCROOGE
MARK STARR – SCROOGE
NICHOLAS WATERS – YOUNG SCROOGE
NATASHA WHITE – GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
CHARLOTTE WORKMAN – PEG
CARINA WRAPSON – SAL

All music and other roles played by members of the company.

CHILDREN
Finn Bennett, Grace Brown, Ophelia Davidson, Louis Kyriacou

CREATIVE TEAM
Writer - Phil Willmott
Producer for GRIT Productions - Joe Fredericks
Producer for Mokita Productions - Jane Lesley
Director- Joe Fredericks
Associate Director - Emily Agnew
Musical Arranger - Rebecca Applin
Associate Musical Director - Matt Woodyatt
Choreographer - Natasha Khamjani
Production Manager - Georgina Alexander
DSM - Stephanie Joab
ASM - Su Yeon Lee and Hedva Eltanani
Set Designer - Paul Burgess
Assistant Set Designer - Amy Cartwright
Costume Designer - Gary Page
Assistant Costume Designer - Karina Hawkins
Lighting Designer - Jason Meininger
Puppet Designers - Emily Kane and Aya Nakamura
Puppeteering Consultant - Jen Pearcy
Children’s Acting Coach - Ben Murray-Watson
Assistant Producer - Alfie Talman
Production Photographers - Simon Brewer and James Reid
Graphic Designer - Nick Hallard
Press and PR - Will Young
Promotions - Chris McGill

FOR THE KINGS HEAD

Artistic Directors - Stephanie Sinclaire and Danielle Tarento

Executive Producer - Steven M. Levy

Resident Technical Stage Manager - David Warwick
Board Operator - Anthony Hollins

THANKS TO: Clare Ashmore, Peter Barnett, Andrew Bennet, Polly Bennet, Sue Bradbare, Central School of Speech and Drama, Gordon Clarke, Anthony Coleridge, The Costume Workshop, Sheena Cox, Amanda Davidson, Dyana Daulby, Dustpan and Brush, Dario Fusco, Konrad Fredericks, Darren Goad, Tim Gooch, Shelley Hazell, Lois Iles, Kenneth Jay, Peter Kingsley, Amelia Kyriacou, Landmark Education, Luciano, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, Gareth Jones, Brad Macdonald, Liza Martin, Shaz McGee, The Mitre Players, Mountview Theatre School, Rob Pearce, The Poor School, Pavel, Ian Stuart International, Niki Szedenics, Pete Tague, Tricycle Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Sandra Walker, Colin Warnock, Katharine Williams, Tonnvane Wiswell, Kaye Woodcock, Young Actors Theatre, Young Vic Theatre.