MELBOURNE, VIC. — The Australian premiere of this playful adaptation of Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, using favourite music from the Gilbert & Sullivan operas and clever new lyrics by Gayden Wren. Includes favourite music from The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Yeomen of the Guard, Patience, Ruddigore and more.
It features GSOV stars James Douglas and Luke Belle sharing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, with Jenny Wakefield, Shirin Albert and Elena Griffiths leading a big cast.
Directed by Ben Klein with musical direction by Catherine Bates. Klein is delighted to be working on A Gilbert and Sullivan Christmas Carol.
“This show has Dickens’s classic redemption story with panto elements, and it’s a G&S jukebox musical,” he says.
The show plays at Malvern Theatre Company from November 19-22, then Williamstown Town Hall on December 5, before the Queenscliff Town Hall on December 12 and 13.
