A Christmas Carol

“A prediction:  there will be tears.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

Persephone Theatre, 2008
by Charles Dickens, adapted by Michael Shamata

Directed by Johnna Wright
Set Design: David Roberts
Costume Design: Carla Orosz
Lighting Design: Mark von Eschen
Sound Design:  Ley Ward
Stage Management:  Laura Kennedy, Angela Christie

CAST: Kent Allen as Scrooge; Rob Roy as Jacob Marley and the Spirits; also starring Robert Benz, Patricia Drake, Jonelle Gunderson, Catherine Harrison, Lucy Hill, Caitlynne Medrek, James O’Shea, Keelin O’Shea, William O’Shea, Ben Thomas, Rob van Meenen, Caitlin Vancoughnett, Carol Wylie

photos by Peter Christensen

“”Either tears of sadness or tears of joy, but if you have any kind of fondness for the story, there will definitely be waterworks at Persephone Theatre’s production of A Christmas Carol.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“Big, Showy Christmas Carol still pulls at heartstrings” Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“Johnna Wright’s production packs an emotional Christmas punch…”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“[The production] doesn’t get lost in the machinery of the theatre’s most technically complex play ever. It remains focused on the scourge of poverty and the immorality of ignoring it.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“Kent Allen [makes] for a tremendous Ebenezer…”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“The Fezziwig party, with the invisible Scrooge unable to resist joining in the dance, is delightful.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“[The Cratchits], post-Tiny Tim, break your heart… To see this, and to watch it as he who could have prevented it also watches — and is profoundly changed — is to realize what an amazing gift to humanity this story is.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

“[Rob Roy’s] Ghost of Christmas Present is truly vibrant. This is the one who chastises Scrooge and turns his cruel words back on him (‘Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?’). The swipes are delivered like body blows.”  Saskatoon Star-Phoenix