Overview
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and created by Shake & Stir Theatre Co.
This December, the award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – is returning to QPAC! Set to take over QPAC’s iconic Concert Hall in 2023, A Christmas Carol is a magical, grand-in-scale production brimful of song, humour, love, and lashings of festive joy – perfect for the entire family.
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is counting down the seconds until the silliness of the season passes. Deeply entrenched in his own misery, Scrooge receives a visit from four ghosts who whisk him away on a journey through Christmases past, present and future. Here, he revisits fragments of his life and is faced with a number of choices. Redemption is his for the taking – but is Old Scrooge capable of changing his ways before it’s too late?
Complete with live music, yule-tide carolling, innovative video design, lavish costumes and, of course, snow, A Christmas Carol, is quite simply “the most uplifting theatrical experience you’ll have this year” (The Courier-Mail).
Accessibility
For wheelchair users, Companion Card holders or those requiring assistance, dedicated seating options are available, and bookings can be made through our Call Centre by giving us a call on 136 246. You can also find information on access and accessibility at QPAC here.
Presented by Shake & Stir Theatre Co and QPAC
Gallery
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: Craig Wilkinson 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
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Image Credit: David Fell 
Cast
Will Carseldine
Eugene Gilfedder
Nick James
Nelle Lee
Mia Milnes
Bryan Probets
Tabea Sitte
Nick Skubij
Lucas Stibbard
Creatives
- Adaptor Nelle Lee
- Director Michael Futcher
- Designer Josh McIntosh
- Composer Salliana Campbell
- Lighting Designer Jason Glenwright
- Video Designer Craig Wilkinson
- Sound Designer Guy Webster
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