The Full Cast of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story at Birmingham Rep

A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story by Charles Dickens, Directed by Adam Penford. A Nottingham Playhouse Production in association with Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Eilene Davidson Productions, at the Birmingham REP from 14 November 2024 – 5 January 2025.  

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Birmingham Rep is delighted to share details for the forthcoming festive season of A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story, Mark Gatiss’ supernatural stage adaptation of the Dickens’ classic.

Previously announced Rufus Hound (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum, Lido 2 Paris; Wind In The Willows London Palladium & UK Tour; Don Quixote, RSC/The Garrick; Doctor Who, BBC; Cucumber, Channel 4; Hounded, CBBC) playing Jacob Marley and Matthew Cottle (The Deep Blue Sea and The Chalk Garden, Chichester Festival Theatre; Wonderland, Nottingham Playhouse; How the Other Half Loves, Haymarket Theatre and the Duke of York's) as Ebenezer Scrooge will be joined by a hugely talented cast.

Karendip Phull (Anita & Me and Broke and Sober, Birmingham Rep; Santi & Naz, The Thelmas) will play Caroline and Mrs Bonniface, Lance West (The Trials, Donmar Warehouse; Measure for Measure, Minack Theatre) as Fred, Young Scrooge and Peter Cratchit, Kalifa Taylor (Look Who’s All Grown Up and Selected Recordings of Us, The Space and Noises Off, West End) as Belle and numerous other roles. Oscar Batterham (Noises Off, Theatre Royal Haymarket; All’s Well That Ends Well and Richard III; Royal Shakespeare Company) will play Bob Cratchit with Grace Hogg-Robinson (The Ocean at the End of the Lane, West End; The Snail House, The Hampstead Theatre) as the Ghost of Christmas Past, Mark Theodore (The Tempest, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Unicorn Theatre; The Husbands, Kali Theatre Tour and Soho Theatre) as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Olivia-Faith Kamau (RENT!, Landmark Theatres; SUNSET BLVD, Savoy Theatre) and Iverson Yabut (Chariots Of Fire, Sheffield Theatres; Pacific Overtures, Menier Chocolate Factory) as On Stage Swings.

Reprising their roles from the original Nottingham Playhouse production are Geoffrey Beevers (The Audience, West End and Broadway; Amadeus, The UN Inspector, Playing with Fire, The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre) as the Narrator, Rebecca Trehearn (Becoming Nancy, Birmingham Rep; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella, City of Angels, Showboat; West End) as Mrs Cratchit and Ryan Weston (Gabby Ellison, Kiddlowe Productions; Herons, Italia Conti) as Tiny Tim.

The creative team comprises Adam Penford (Director), Paul Wills (Set Designer), Philip Gladwell (Lighting Designer), Ella Wahlström (Sound Designer), Nina Dunn (Video Designer), Georgina Lamb (Movement Director), Tom Attwood (Musical Director),  Matthew Forbes (Puppet Designer & Director), Tingying Dong (Composer), Kay Welch (Voice and Dialect Coach), Ginny Schiller (Casting Director), John Bulleid (Illusion Designer), Emily Oulton (Associate Director), Laura O’Connel (Associate Designer), Jason Addison (Associate Lighting Designer), Tom Shipman (Associate Sound Designer), and Hannah Schlenker (Associate Video Designer).

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