A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Tue 16 - Sun 21 Dec 2025
Originally directed by the late great Peter Craze (1946-2020)
I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world! Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens
European Arts Company returns with a heart-warming evening in the presence of the author himself! Actor John O’Connor delightfully recreates Charles Dickens’s famous performance of his best-loved ghost story.
A Christmas Carol was the first public reading Dickens gave of his own work. He enacted it over 150 times and the effect on the public was phenomenal. ‘The success was most wonderful and prodigious – perfectly overwhelming and astounding altogether!’ he said after the first night. This Christmas, you can experience what it must have been like to be in the audience! Come and enjoy a seasonal treat in the spirit of Christmas past, present and future.
'This almost feels immersive. John O'Connor's performance is delightful. A festive treat.' - The Stage ★★★★
'O’Connor is mesmerising – and as haunting as the ghosts he conjures before our eyes. Beautiful, urgent, important and utterly brilliant.' - Brighton & Hove Independent
'This is a beautifully intimate piece of storytelling with a familial, cosy atmosphere. It embraces its classical origin and has a true heart-warming Christmas spirit.’
- York Press'A tour de force by John O’Connor starring as the great author himself’
- On Yorkshire