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  • 2024
  • A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
  • Theatre
  • Family / Kids

shakestirchristmascarol24 A Christmas Carol QPAC, Shake & Stir Theatre Co Theatre, Family / Kids A Christmas Carol

Until 24 Dec 2024
Playhouse
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$65 - $75 *
* A transaction fee of $7.50 applies.
1 hour 30 minutes
no interval, subject to change without notice

Overview

By Charles Dickens 
Adapted and created by Shake & Stir Theatre Co. 

Award-winning stage spectacle – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – is returning to QPAC’s Playhouse this December.  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). 

  • It’s the perfect Christmas play, really, and now I want to see it again. And again. And next year as well.
    The Courier-Mail
  • ★★★★★
    Phenomenal … I can honestly say this is the best show I’ve seen all year.
    Broadway World
  • ★★★★★
    Superb. The visual elements surpass anything we’ve seen before.
    XS Entertainment
  • ★★★★★
    Perfect. It wouldn't be Christmas at QPAC without it.
    Stage Whispers

Important Information

Age Recommendation

Recommended for those aged 10 years and older.

Warning

This production contains supernatural themes, haze, smoke, strobe effects and loud music.

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To enter the competition, submit an entry form via the QPAC 40 Giveaway competition page. Terms and conditions apply.

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Child

Children 3 to 15 years old.

Family of 4

Must purchase four or more tickets in the Preview Performance or B-Reserve for Standard Performances within the one transaction and select ‘Family of 4’ in your basket from the drop-down option.

Bring your group to the theatre and receive assistance with available seating allocation.

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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
  • Creative Producer Ross Balbuziente

Cast

Ross Balbuziente
Eugene Gilfedder
Nelle Lee
Mia Milnes
Bryan Probets
Tabea Sitte
Nick Skubij
Lucas Stibbard

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