Scrooge The Musical

By Leslie Bricusse, based on the story A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
By arrangement with Dominie

Season 17 January-1 February 2003
Venue Belconnen Theatre

TheStory

"Bah! Humbug," growls Ebenezer Scrooge to anyone misfortunate enough to wish him a Merry Christmas. This wealthy, jaded miser has no time in his life for anything but making money. When he finally lets his employee, Bob Cratchit, have Christmas Day off, he does it with a sneer and a warning to come in extra early the day after to make up the lost time.

Each Christmas Eve, Scrooge trudges home, shrugging off the sights and sounds of the season's joy.

But this Christmas Eve is different, for not long into the night, Scrooge receives a visit from his old friend and partner, Jacob Marley. Marley has been dead for seven years, and the afterlife has not agreed with him at all. He warns Scrooge that he needs to mend his ways or face an eternity of torment. Marley also warns Scrooge that three more ghostly visitors will come. The Ghosts arrive and show Scrooge his life and the lives of other people he knows: his youthful sweetheart Isabel, his employee Bob Cratchit and the home of his young nephew. Scrooge also sees what will come if he does not change his ways.

Scrooge comes to realise what he has missed in his single-minded search for wealth and on Christmas morning, Scrooge wakes, vowing to start a new life.

ProductionTeam

Director	John Alsford
Assistant Director	Bob Morris
Musical Director	Graham Magarry
Assistant Musical Director/Sequencer	Susan Davenport
Choreographer	Belinda Hassal
Stage Manager/Production Manager	Bob Morris
Assistant Stage Manager	Nick Brightman
Set Design	Bob Morris, John Alsford, Paul Tremble, Nick Leon, Sebastian Nicholas
Costume Design	Elaine Teran, Annette Leon
Lighting/Sound Design	Justin Watson
Production Manager	Kathy Thomas
Props	Nick Leon
Special Effects	Chris Vevers
Crew	Anita Davenport, Alex Rogers, Andrew Topperwein, Paul Tremble, Michael Littie, Paul Fleming, Katrina Chagall

Cast

Scrooge	Graham Bauerle
Jacob Marley	Oliver Baudert
Nephew/Young Scrooge	Gary Collinson
Isabel/Helen	Joanne Owen
Bob Cratchit	Frank Farrell
Mrs Cratchit/Mrs Pringle	Glynnis Moran
Kathy Cratchit	Annie Paterson
Tiny Tim	Yarran Regan
Ghost of Christmas Past	Kirsten Mann
Ghost of Christmas Present/Mr Fezziwig	Jethro Robinson
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come/Wine Merchant	Lincoln Daw
Mrs Fezziwig	Melita Aguis
Tom Jenkins	Conrad Farrell
Punch and Judy/Dick Wilkins/Topper	Rodwell Faulkner
Mrs Dilber	Sandra d'Argeavel
Miss Dilber	Sarah McLaren
Jocelyn Jollygood	Andrew Clucas
Bissett the Butcher	Tony Guyot
Hugo Hearty	Tony Retter
Mary	Jackie Collinson
Miss Carstairs	Rebecca Bowyer
Beggar Woman	Caroline Hogan
Miss Pringle	Nicole Karman
Martha Cratchit	Lidia Samcewicz-Parham
Young Jen/Urchin	Kirsty Stewart
Bess	Sarah Tremble
Peter Cratchit/Young Ebby/Urchin	James Wookey
Children's Chorus	Oliver Bailey, Nathan Leach, Katrina Nolan, Kirsty Stewart, Elena Vevers, James Wookey

Orchestra

Keyboard operation and Conductor	Graham Magarry
Electronic Musical Sequencing	Susan Davenport

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