A Christmas Carol

Scrooge’s Christmas by New Opera Lyra delivered on its promise of merriment and laughter, both for longtime Dickens fans and those new to A Christmas Carol.

Welcome to the first weekend of December! The cold weather is here to stay, and it seems like everyone has the holiday season on the brain. There is lots going on around town, especially if you’re looking to get festive. If you’re interested in holiday markets, I can’t promise that I’ve tracked all of them […]

Local theatre artists Nicholas Leno and Norah Paton have cooked up a COVID-safe, interactive re-telling of A Christmas Carol that uses an audio track and a box of items delivered right to audiences’ front doors. 

November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Nicholas Leno and Norah Paton to support an interactive audio play of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol that Ottawa residents can enjoy in their own homes and neighbourhoods. “Audiences will have an audio track and bag of items delivered to them,” explains Nicholas. “The audio track will layer narration […]

“We were unsure as to how a tale like this could be told with only one performer, and all our expectations were exceeded.”

John D. Huston has performed A Christmas Carol over 675 times, and is at The Gladstone Theatre. until Saturday December 22.

An astonishing 24 shows by 12 independent companies have been announced for The Gladstone’s 10th Anniversary Season.

Brian Caroll: “This is your chance to see a bravura performance that has attracted hundreds of audiences, with many people coming back year after year.”

Colin Noden: “The National Arts Centre’s A Christmas Carol is fast paced and clever, and as tight a production as I’ve ever seen. I simply couldn’t pull out one outstanding element in the play.”

In short, The Gladstone is the busiest theatre in Ottawa. Resident companies and guests will produce 12 shows for their 2017–18 season.

It is easy to think of A Christmas Carol as a seasonal classic – a traditional piece cast in amber, comfortable like an old sweater. But in the right hands, a contemporary production can give us new insights into an old text.

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By a feat of theatrical magic, Mr. Charles Dickens will reprise his performance of A Christmas Carol (a performance which was wildly popular in the Victorian era) at the NAC’s Fourth Stage on December 18, 19 and 21.  Mr. Dickens will perform all the roles, from Scrooge to Tiny Tim.  The beloved story is sure to enthral audiences […]

It wouldn’t be a proper Christmas without seeing a performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Lucky for local theatre fans, John D. Huston’s solo performance of this timeless story can be seen at the National Arts Centre’s 4th Stage on December 20 and 21. Huston (Charles Dickens) offers and loving and skillful reproduction of this famous tale.  Using nothing […]