Charles Dickens' novella
A Christmas Carol is not only one of his best-loved stories, it's even credited with forming much of the modern idea of how Christmas should be celebrated. The story of miser Ebenezer Scrooge (Alexander McMorran,) visited on Christmas Eve by a series of ghosts who teach him how to save his soul by embracing the spirit of the season, is one most people will have come across a number of times. So Metal Rabbit's production managing to make it feel fresh and new is quite an achievement. An early indicator that this isn't your usual family fare is in the show's scheduling: Playing at the Old Red Lion after the main show
Charming, a 9:30pm start time clearly isn't aimed at getting a big kiddie audience in. Instead this version reveals
A Christmas Carol as an all-too-contemporary story by stripping it back to its original political message.
