Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *
Spymonkey’s A Christmas Carol at the Playhouse Theatre, Liverpool. Photograph used with kind permission by the Playhouse Theatre and Johan Persson.
Cast: Aitor Basauri, Petra Massey, Toby Park, Sophie Russell.
Musicians: Ross Hughes, Marcus Penrose, David Insua-Cao.
Photograph by John Garfield-Roberts
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Cast: Mark Smith, Lewis Bray.
A Christmas Carol is almost akin to staple fare at this time of year. From the television adaptations to big budget films to the outlandish theatrical spectacles, Charles Dickens’ most famous creation, the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge has spent so much time being dissected and discussed that it is always a constant surprise if anyone can get anything more out of it.