Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
A cloaked figure stands with outstretched arms against a backdrop of filing cabinets and blue lighting.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol featuring actors in Victorian costumes, with festive decorations in the background.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol featuring actors in Victorian costumes, with festive decorations in the background.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
Two actors perform in a scene from A Christmas Carol, wearing period costumes with dramatic expressions.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol with actors in Victorian costumes, featuring rich colours and dramatic lighting.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol featuring actors in Victorian costumes, with a large Christmas tree and festive decorations in the background.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol at Alexandra Palace, featuring actors in Victorian costumes on stage dancing.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A ghostly figure in chains confronts a terrified man in a dimly lit, atmospheric stage setting.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
Two actors sit at desks surrounded by tall stacks of wooden drawers, illuminated by blue stage lighting.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.
A scene from A Christmas Carol featuring actors in Victorian costumes sitting at a large table. They are raising a toast.
The company of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Photo by Mark Douet.

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Venue

Alexandra Palace

Adapted by Mark Gatiss

Marley was dead: to begin with.

This Christmas, the haunting returns. Following a critically acclaimed 2023 run, Mark Gatiss’ spine-chilling retelling of Dickens’ winter ghost story once again takes over Alexandra Palace Theatre in 2025. Neil Morrissey, beloved for Men Behaving Badly and Waterloo Road, will appear as Jacob Marley, and Matthew Cottle (Bridgerton and The Windsors), reprises his role as Scrooge.

Frozen in time with its beautifully preserved features, the atmospheric Alexandra Palace Theatre is the perfect setting for Dickens’ most enduring Christmas tale. With eerie Victorian special effects and spine-tingling storytelling, prepare to be frightened and delighted in equal measure as you enter the supernatural world of A Christmas Carol.

It’s Christmas Eve, and the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge receives a chilling visit from the ghost of his former partner Jacob Marley. Bound in chains for a lifetime of greed, Marley warns Scrooge it isn’t too late to change his fate, but only if he survives three more ghostly encounters…

Closing

04/01/2026

Running Time

2h10, inc. interval

Genre

Christmas

Age & Content

12+

Cast:

Neil Morrissey as

Marley

Matthew Cottle as

Scrooge

Charlotte Bate as

Mrs Cratchit

Michaela Bennison as

Caroline

Grace Daly as

Ghost of Christmas Past

Henry Davis as

Bob Cratchit

Elios K Douglas as

Tiny Tim

Michael Mears as

Narrator

Kalifa Taylor as

Belle

Mark Theodore as

Ghost of Christmas Present

Lance West as

Fred

Vivien Battley, Kaycee Davis & Carla Lopez-Corpas as

Grace Cratchit

Joshua Beswick, Ernie Seiji Fransella & Dexter Pulling as

Edwin Cratchit

Jacob Daniels, Maya De Faria, as

Swing

Creative:

Writer -

Mark Gatiss

Director -

Adam Penford

Designer -

Paul Wills

Lighting Designer -

Philip Gladwell

Sound Designer -

Ella Wahlström

Video Designer -

Nina Dunn

Movement Director -

Georgina Lamb

Composer -

Tingying Dong

Illusions Designer -

John Bulleid

Casting Director -

Ginny Schiller

Puppet Designer and Director -

Matthew Forbes

Musical Director -

Tom Attwood

Associate Director -

Emily Oulton

Associate Set Designer -

Laura O’Connell

Associate Lighting Designer -

Jason Addison

Associate Sound Designer -

Tom Shipman

Associate Video Designer -

Hannah Schlenker

Associate Puppetry Director -

Lewis Howard

Vocal and Dialect Coach -

Danièle Lydon

Costume Supervisor -

Heather Castle

Props Supervisor -

Lisa Buckley

Wigs, Hair & Make Up Supervisor -

Campbell Young Associates

No accessibility performances are currently scheduled for this show.