"Even though I’ve seen it several times before, I still leave grinning from ear to ear and with tears in my eyes. Every year, it welcomes you back like a warm, familiar embrace."
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" A truly magical production, it has the ability to make even the grumpiest of souls feel like a kid at Christmas with its sense of wonder. "
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"Like Scrooge himself, A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic melts your heart, just as winter sets in. It is heartfelt, nostalgic, magical and meaningful...A truly special production that is perfect for this time of year."
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"You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be pelted with vegetables. Even the heartless Scrooge’s in our current government couldn’t fail to have their cockles thoroughly toasted by the end."
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"As the auditorium erupts in the final sequence into song, dance, snow, and merriment, one’s joy is tempered only by the prospect of its absence. That duality sends playgoers tearfully into the night, their empathy reinforced just as Scrooge himself is spiritually restored."
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“As escapism that’s also all-too-pertinent, with the prettiest staging and the loveliest music, this production really is the crème de la crème of traditional ‘Christmas Carols.’ ”
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"John Simm brings dry humour to Dickens's tale of redemption"
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The entire experience feels far more cinematic than theatrical, and that transfers a different kind of spectacle.
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