GUY MASTERSON: A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Thu 17 Dec 7:30pm
Thu 17 Dec 7:30pm
Guy Masterson
Wiltshire Music Centre
Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road Bradford-on-Avon UK
01225 860 100
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Spellbinding one-man performance of this classic tale
Guy Masterson-Theatre Tours International in association with Maverick Theatre Company presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens.
Look forward to a spellbinding solo performance of this classic tale like you have never seen… More relevant than ever! Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson, well known to Wiltshire audiences with his annual performances in Bath Theatre Royal and Salisbury Playhouse over a decade, now brings Dickens’ classic festive fable to Wiltshire Music Centre.
Globally renowned for bringing multiple characters to vivid life, Masterson delivers Dickens; original performance text giving us Scrooge, Marley, four ghosts, Tiny Tim et al in a riveting, visceral, unforgettable performance that brings this classic tale into the 21st century, making more relevant than ever… guaranteed to get you into the Christmas Spirit!Adapted and directed by Nick Hennegan with original composition by Robb Williams.
More about Guy Masterson
Guy Masterson is an Olivier Award winning producer, actor, director, playwright and screenwriter. An actor and impresario for 40 years. After starting his career in Hollywood in 1985, he has produced on over 150 live theatre shows at the Edinburgh Festival over 32 years since 1994, where he is one of the most highly awarded independent producers. As a theatre director, he is responsible for several of its biggest hits including the Olivier Award winning “Morcambe”, the Olivier nominated West End and Broadway hit “The Shark Is Broken” and the classic “12 Angry Men” cast with famous stand up comedians (including Bill Bailey)! He is particularly renowned for his award winning solo performances including “Animal Farm”, “Under Milk Wood” and “A Christmas Carol”, and a fierce advocate and performer of the works of Welsh Poet, Dylan Thomas.
Reviews
★★★★★ “Masterson’s production is an understated warning and a celebration of the hope for human kind. A Christmas Carol for our time.” (Public Reviews)
★★★★★ “Just when you thought you’d seen enough Christmas Carols to guide you to your grave, along comes one of the best yet!” (BBC Radio)
★★★★★ “Quite simply spellbinding!” (ReviewSphere)
★★★★★ “MUST SEE SHOW! Genuine and astonishingly successful Go and rediscover something you thought you knew all too well, and join the standing ovation at the end.” (FringeReview)
★★★★★ “This is acting in the grand manner bearing the very soul of the man who represents the worst and very best of the meaning of Christmas. A theatrical tour de force!” (Bristol Post)
★★★★★ Ghostly classic given new life! Forget the Muppets, forget all the corny, over sentimentalised movies, this is Dickens in the flesh, the real stuff!
Bath Echo