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An age old festive tale is brought to life in Salford

Award winning theatre company Carnival of Eternal Light return to the stage with their very first seasonal production – A Christmas Carol. Based on the immensely popular and legendary novel of Charles Dickens Carnival bring to life this much-loved classic as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is taught the error of his ways and taken on a voyage across the past, present and future of his life. As Scrooge comes to face to face with Ghosts of Christmas’ Past, Present and Yet to Come can this cruel old man redeem his soul?

A Christmas Carol is Carnival’s fourth show overall after the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland adaptation The Looking Glass, the original superhero based Elysiad and their GM Fringe 2020 production The Delirium of Phobos. It is adapted and written by Actor, Playwright and Carnival founder Franklyn Jacks who writes under his pen name of J.F.Cornes.

A Christmas Carol premieres at The King’s Arms Theatre in Salford on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th December 2021 at 7pm. Tickets are £7 for adults, £6 for children and concessions and £24 for a family ticket (1/2 adults and 2/3 children).

Tickets – Available here:

Tuesday 14th December 2021 – https://tinyurl.com/56warrm4   

Wednesday 15th December 2021 – https://tinyurl.com/skvz9svk

Paul Downham

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