What the Dickens?

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

Charles Dickens' reading of A Christmas Carol isn't going to plan: he finds himself re-cast as Scrooge, with his past, present and future being played out, as presented by two women he mistreated: his wife Catherine and his mistress, the actress Ellen Ternan, who was only 19 when Dickens first approached her - at the age of 45.

Cast/Performers

Clive Hayward (Charles Dickens), Karen Ascoe (Catherine Dickens), Rosalind Ford (Ellen Ternan / voice / cello), Alexander Knox (actor / accordion), Clare Norburn (voice / actor / percussion), Steven Edis (keyboard)

Creatives/Company

Author: Clare Norburn
Company: The Telling
Director: Nicholas Rento
Music: Steven Edis
Costume: Madeleine Edis
Lighting: Natalie Rowland