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A (Merry) Christmas Carol
Fri, Jan 10
|Downton Memorial Hall
Travelling players theatre group (Forest Forge, Bumblefly and Mischievous Theatres)
Time & Location
Jan 10, 2025, 6:30 PM
Downton Memorial Hall, The Borough, Downton, Salisbury SP5 3NB, UK
About the event
Christmas theatre comes to Downton on Friday 10 January when The Travelling Players (Forest Forge, Bumblefly and Mischievous Theatres) present “The (Merry) Christmas Carol” at the Memorial Centre. The company promises to have “their suitcases bursting with merriment, mayhem and humbug!”
The performance is billed as “the haunting tale of a mean and miserly old man; the tight-fisted curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge. Between dusk and dawn Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Will he mend his ways? Will he become a new man? Will he greet the morning with a … Merry Christmas Everyone?”
Through their unique brand of quirky storytelling, live action, music, a puppet or two, a host of Gothic surprises, some ghostly flights of fancy and a clanking of chains, the Travelling Players bring this Yuletide classic to life.
The performance starts at 6.30pm with doors opening at 6pm. There will be…