First look: Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol in London
Get a first look at the London debut of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol musical!
The show sees Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol reimagined with songs from Parton.
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol runs at Southbank Centre from 8 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 with tickets on sale now here.
Robert Bathurst stars as Scrooge with Halle Brown, Iona Fraser, Richard J Hunt, Vicki Lee Taylor, George Maguire, Ediz Mahmut, Sarah O’Connor, Christopher Parkinson, Minal Patel, Annie Southall, Carole Stennett, Danny Whitehead and Mitchell Zhangazha.
They’re joined by a children’s cast featuring Daniel Lee, Alexander Quinlan and Samuel Sturge, Elliot Marsden, George Menezes Cutts and Dereke Oladele.
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Set during the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this heart-warming and truly unforgettable production imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season
As a Christmas Eve snowstorm approaches, Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his deceased business partner and three ghosts who compel him to see life anew and discover that love and family are the greatest and most precious gifts we have.Dickens’s classic characters and Parton’s heart-felt songs beautifully reimagine this timeless story in a whole new light.
Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol is adapted by David H. Bell, Paul T. Couch and Curt Wollan.
The upcoming London production is directed and choreographed by Alison Pollard, with musical direction by Andrew Hilton, set design by Scott Davis, costume design by Linda Roethke, props design by Eleanor Kahn, lighting design by David Howe and sound design by Richard Brooker and casting by Pearson Casting.
