CHARLES Dickens’ much-loved and heart-warming tale of repentance has undergone a festive reimagining, taking place against the background of the streets and alleyways of Dickensian Belfast. With Dan Gordon in the lead as Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol has been adapted by Marie Jones and directed by Matthew McElhinney, and brings the much-loved festive ghost story to the Belfast Lyric audience. First published by Dickens in 1843, he wrote several Christmas stories in its wake, but none proved as popular and it remains one of his most admired and enduring works. The classic tale brought us characters which are timeless and as instantly recognisable today as they were 180 years ago when they first jumped off the page and onto the hearth of homes wherever it was read. And with that The Lyric audience is reacquainted with Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, the Fezziwigs, Tiny Tim and the Ghosts from Christmas Past, Present and Future.
