During the centenary year of 2006 at HMT His Majesty's Theatre and to celebrate over 100 years of stunning
performances since 1906 the team at Aberdeen's much loved theatre have secured the magical song and dance performance
of Scrooge based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It will be timely performed in the weeks
leading up to Christmas, with the first performance on Tuesday 21 November. The last performance of Scrooge will
take place on Saturday 2 December.
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Scrooge The Musical
Theatre producer Bill Kenwright, the man behind highly successful productions like Blood Brothers, Hay Fever,
Whistle Down The Wind, The Crucible, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dereamcoat, The Hollow and This Is Elvis
brings Scrooge to Aberdeen - so you know you are in for an enjoyable night's entertainment.
The award-winning production writer for Scrooge The Musical is Leslie Bricusse who was the lyricist and executive
producer in the original 1970 TV musical Scrooge which starred Albert Finney as Scrooge, Alec Guinness as the ghost
of Jacob Marley, Laurence Naismith as Mr Fezziwig, David Collings as Bob Cratchit and Richard Beaumont as Tiny Tim.
The actor and celebrity who will play the lead, Ebenezer Scrooge, is Michael Barrymore who acted in Bob Martin,
Kids Say the Funniest Things, Strike It Lucky, My Kind Of Music and the 2006 Celebrity Big Brother 4.
Local lad Liam Jamieson plays Tiny Tim. Nine year old Liam is part of the Stagecoach Theatre Group.
In 2005 musical and actor veteran Tommy Steel was the lead during the run at the London Palladium. The production
was highly acclaimed for its high quality period costumes, scenery and sets. This West End performance was a sell out
so do book your tickets early.
There is a £5 discount on each ticket for a child and discounts available for concession tickets.
Scrooge The Musical lasts approximately 2 hour 35 minutes which will include an interval.
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The effects team include Paul Kieve who was an illusionist in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film
and has worked with magicians Derren Brown and David Copperfield.
Scrooge The Musical is directed by Bob Tomson who was the director on television programmes Brookside and The
Bill. The designer is Paul Farnsworth who worked on The Mysti Show.
A Christmas Carol
This heartwarming story will warm the dourest of Aberdonian's hearts in the build up to Christmas. Scrooge is
the tale of a miser called Ebenezer Scrooge who is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future and
gains the opportunity to mend his miserly ways amongst some classic Victorian Dickensian characters. Events take place
on Christmas Eve and are brought to life on the stage of His Majesty's Theatre (HMT) Aberdeen.
The novella was first published on 17 December in 1843 as A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being A Ghost Story of
Christmas in Charles Dickens' Little Christmas Book". The writer wrote the story to pay off debts and didn't expect
its run away success - it sold over 6000 editions in the first week.
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During the centenary year of 2006 at HMT His Majesty's Theatre and to celebrate over 100 years of stunning
performances since 1906 the team at Aberdeen's much loved theatre have secured the magical song and dance performance
of Scrooge based on the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It will be timely performed in the weeks
leading up to Christmas, with the first performance on Tuesday 21 November. The last performance of Scrooge will
take place on Saturday 2 December.
