A CHRISTMAS CAROL 12–24 Dec 2020 WELCOME A CHRISTMAS CAROL A version by Jack Thorne from Matthew Warchus, Artistic Director of The Old Vic. re we nearly there yet?’ is the recurring very memorable OLD VIC: IN CAMERA productions To support Cast Director Associate Director question that reliably punctuates every and I’m delighted to bring you A Christmas Carol as the The Old Vic please Andrew Lincoln Matthew Warchus Jamie Manton long family car journey, train ride and next offering. It has been such a moving thing to witness donate at country walk — often asked just minutes how so many people have rallied around to support oldvictheatre.com/ Melissa Allan Set & Costume 2nd Associate Director afterA setting off. As mitigation most parents will resort The Old Vic, and theatre in general, at this time of donate Rosanna Bates Rob Howell Josh Seymour to the spacing of treats along the way — ‘emergency serious jeopardy, and back in May I received an rations’ was how my mum and dad always announced extraordinary email from Andrew Lincoln offering to John Dagleish Composer & Arranger Associate Set the sporadic chocolate digestive. help in any way he could. I’m incredibly grateful to him, Tim van Eyken Christopher Nightingale Ben Davies When lockdown began in March I think none of the creative team and staff for working together to us predicted the length of the journey we’re now on. reconfigure this much-loved production into an Julie Jupp Lighting Associate Costume I remember many theatres saying they were closing OLD VIC: IN CAMERA event. I’m excited to deliver the Sam Lathwood Hugh Vanstone Irene Bohan for two to four weeks. I certainly was mentally bracing story in this new format, with the additional opportunity myself for an unimaginably long pause of six months of close-ups, and hope it will provide some much Eugene McCoy Broadcast Sound & Video Associate Lighting through to September. I’m sure most of us spent needed sustenance for audiences (a mince pie or a Gloria Obianyo Simon Baker Sam Waddington the spring glued to news reports and government satsuma if not a chocolate digestive) on this gruelling announcements with anxious expectation as two journey. Maria Omakinwa Movement Associate Broadcast Sound & Video weeks turned into four, six, eight, twelve... ‘Are we nearly My favourite platitude in life, without question, Golda Rosheuvel Lizzi Gee Jay Jones there yet?’ is ‘This too shall pass’. It’s so reliably true. With vital Here at The Old Vic we have been motivated to continuing intervention by the government plus the Michael Rouse Casting Associate Movement provide treats along the way in whatever form we can exceptional support of our donors, our corporate Clive Rowe Jessica Ronane CDG Sam Archer — ‘emergency rations’ that boost morale, entertain and partners and our ticket-buying audience, I am more satisfy the human instinct for empathy in a concerted confident than not that The Old Vic and the UK theatre Samuel Townsend Associate Music Supervisor & Associate Musical Director effort to continue theatre’s fundamental role of bringing ecosystem as a whole will somehow claw its way back Musical Director Laurie Perkins people together in a shared experience even when to its full glory in the foreseeable future. The return of physically impossible. And through both our free live performance is clearly going to be one of the last Tiny Tims Will Stuart content programme Your Old Vic and our fundraising stations on the journey but as the neon sign outside Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray Voice OLD VIC: IN CAMERA series we have reached people our 202-year-old building defiantly reassures, ‘We’ll Be all over the world. Back’. In the meantime we are extremely grateful for the Lara Mehmet Charlie Hughes-D’Aeth Thanks to a wonderful team effort, and to the passionate and crucial support which is sustaining us Lenny Rush adventurous spirit of the writers and actors involved, month to month. Thank you for joining us on our journey. we have managed in the last few months to deliver three Eleanor Stollery Stage Management Robbie Cullen Musicians Maria Gibbons Will Stuart Kim Battistini Christopher Allan Jenefer Tait Martin Robertson Clare Taylor ‘ It has been such a moving thing to witness how so Pedro Vieira da Silva many people have rallied around to support The Old Vic, and theatre in general, at this time of serious jeopardy’ The Old Vic is an independent, not-for-profit Despite the enormous economic and The Public Fund has been formed by a group theatre and registered charity operating practical challenges the theatre is currently of visionary philanthropists and partners The first performance of this production was on 20 Nov 2017 at The Old Vic without regular public subsidy. facing, much of this activity has continued including Tina Alexandrou, Clive Cowdery, The first performance of this revival was live-streamed on 12 Dec 2020 from The Old Vic digitally. You can find out more about how to Isabelle Georgeaux, Patrick Healy and the We stage a broad range of shows for all support at oldvictheatre.com/support-us CVC Foundation to support The Old Vic’s ages, support artists at every stage of most adventurous and socially pertinent their careers, and engage with thousands We couldn’t do any of this without the productions within our season. of people each year through innovative generosity of our Principal Partner Royal education and community projects inside Bank of Canada, our £10 Previews Partner and outside the building. PwC and a varied group of corporate, trusts and foundations and individual supporters. COMPANY PRODUCTION OLD VIC: IN CONVERSATION Radio and television broadcaster Dermot O’Leary will return to host the second of our Old Vic: In Conversation series on Thu 17 Dec at 8.30pm GMT. He will be joined by Andrew Lincoln to discuss being part of this year’s live streamed production. All tickets £20. Ebenezer Scrooge Andrew Lincoln Production Manager Dominic Fraser* Thanks to Little Fan Melissa Allan Deputy Production Manager Katina Ellis* Bell Perc, Bells of Whitechapel, Paul Kieve for advice on illusions, Jess Rosanna Bates Lighting Programmers Sam Waddington Terry Eldridge, Hannah Horsburgh & Roman Benedict at National Bob Cratchit John Dagleish Andi Davis Theatre, Justin Pearson, Jess Holder, Sam Archer, Steph Archer, Nicholas Tim van Eyken Production Carpenter Craig Emmerson Rebecca Louis, Eugene McCoy, Harriet Samuel-Gray, Dale White, IN CAMERA: Ghost of Christmas Past Julie Jupp Lighting Technician Jack Coker Julie Jupp, Myra McFadyen. PLAYBACK Ferdy Sam Lathwood Fred Eugene McCoy Associate Costume Irene Bohan For The Old Vic Due to popular demand we’ve brought back Belle Gloria Obianyo Props Supervisor Lisa Buckley Media consultant Amy Dowd for previous productions for a limited period so you Mrs Cratchit Maria Omakinwa Hair, Wigs & Make-up Helen Keane for WDW Entertainment can watch the recorded versions of the live shows Ghost of Christmas Present/ Golda Rosheuvel Campbell Young Associates Press Jo Allan PR Mrs Fezziwig Musician’s Contractor David Gallagher Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tickets from £10. Father/Marley Michael Rouse Music Copyist Jerome van den Berghe Medical services The London General Practice Fezziwig Clive Rowe Music Technology Phij Adams Rehearsal photography Manuel Harlan Young Ebenezer/George Samuel Townsend Cover photography Helen Maybanks Tiny Tim Rayhaan Kufuor-Gray Company Stage Manager Robbie Cullen Faith Healer Lara Mehmet Deputy Stage Manager Maria Gibbons *Old Vic staff Available to watch again from Lenny Rush Assistant Stage Manager Kim Battistini 20–22 Jan 2021 at 7.30pm GMT. Eleanor Stollery Jenefer Tait Carols Camera Operators Avril Cook* The carols performed throughout A Christmas Carol are: Brian Friel’s masterful and haunting Faith Healer, Musicians Karina Olsen* ‘ God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen’ starring Michael Sheen, David Threlfall and Musical Director/Piano Will Stuart Stanley Orwin-Fraser ‘ It Came Upon the Midnight Clear’ Indira Varma, is a kaleidoscopic, ever shifting Cello Christopher Allan Josh Reeves* ‘Il est né, le divin Enfant’ exploration of the power of belief, as the Whistles/Bass Clarinet/Clarinet Martin Robertson Vision Mixing James Percival* ‘I Saw Three Ships’ contradicting recollections of these three Violin Clare Taylor Broadcast & Sound Ben Davey ‘ Wassail Wassail! All Over the Town’ characters seek to reconcile with the past. Cello/Double Bass Pedro Vieira da Silva Sam Palmer ‘O Holy Night’ Sound No.1 Victoria Wilkinson ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ Understudies Sound No.2 Heather Knott ‘ Ding Dong Merrily on High’ Belle/Little Fan/Mrs Cratchit Rosanna Bates Acting Head of Stage Aran Morrison* ‘Coventry Carol’ Bob Cratchit/Fezziwig/ Tim van Eyken Stage Carpenter Dugald Watt ‘ See, amid the Winter’s Snow’ Lungs Father/Marley Stage Showman Keith Hayes ‘Joy to the World’ Available to watch again from Ghost of Christmas Past/ Maria Omakinwa Head of Lighting Andrew Stuttard* ‘Silent Night’ 27–29 Jan 2021 at 7.30pm GMT. Ghost of Christmas Present/ Lighting Chargehand Alex Riley* Mrs Fezziwig Lighting Board Operator Erin Rutter © The Old Vic 2020. Directed by Matthew Warchus, Claire Foy Fred/Young Ebenezer/George Sam Lathwood Head of Hair, Wigs & Make-Up Rob Wilson All information correct at the time of going to print and Matt Smith performed a socially distanced Jess Melissa Allan Head of Wardrobe Fiona Lehman* version of Duncan Macmillan’s hilarious Nicholas Michael Rouse Wardrobe Deputy Namaan Ebdon emotional rollercoaster of a play about a couple Dressers Theresa Burke wrestling with life’s biggest dilemmas. Joanne Hayes Keshini Ranasinghe Chaperones Mary Cox Sophie Delin Jennifer Harraghy Sam Harrison Deborah Spellman-Dawes Rebecca Swann for Bea & Co Set construction Miraculous Engineering Lighting equipment White Light Sound & Broadcast equipment Stage Sound Services TCS Costumes Sands Film Studios National Theatre Costume Hire Academy Costumes Sam Lathwood Maria Omakinwa Artemis Fowl, Alien Autopsy, (UK tour); A Midsummer Night’s Ferdy Mrs Cratchit The Man Who Knew Too Little.