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Runs from Thursday December 17 2020 to Sunday December 20 2020

Approximate running time: 2 hours

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King's Theatre
209 St. George Street
Annapolis Royal NS B0S 1A0

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

A joint “stage to screen” production of the Annapolis District Drama Group and Young Company Productions. Directed by Simon Bonnington.

Tickets are $15 for Adults and $5 for Youth

Following the widely-acclaimed success this summer of their first ever Stage-to-Screen production, the Annapolis District Drama Group is joining forces with Young Company Productions to create a family-favourite Christimas-time spectacle that is certain to entertain: a screen-play version of “A Christmas Carol”, by Charles Dickens. – pandemic-willing, to be screened at King’s Theatre the weekend before Christmas!

With a cast numbering 55 this is probably the largest theatrical production ever in Annapolis Royal, and that in a time of constraint due to pandemic restrictions. However, this well-loved tale lends itself quite easily to performance in line with current Provincial guidelines. The screen-play is a newly-crafted adaptation by Simon Bonnington, straight from Dickens original text, with Covid very much in mind, and gives the opportunity for several small groups of actors to rehearse and perform the different scenes quite separately from each other.

Inspired by their recent experience of on-location filming, “A Christmas Carol” is being rehearsed and filmed in and around several of the historic buildings in our communities. The O’Dell House Museum & the Sinclair Inn Museum are being made available by the kind cooperation of the Annapolis Heritage Society; and likewise the Board of the Tupperville School Museum are enthusiastically welcoming, allowing the actors to immerse themselves in these genuine Victorian settings!

The Queen Anne Inn, the Carlisle House Inn, and the Historic Gardens, as well as other well-known buildings and establishments, are also playing host to the production.

Screenings are scheduled for December (Thursday 17th 7.00pm,) Friday 18th 7.00pm, Saturday 19th 7.00pm & Sunday 20th 2pm

List of Characters, in Order of Appearance:

CAROL SINGERS Timothy Habinski, Shelley Habinski, Nina Habinski, Lily Habinski
BOB CRATCHIT David Witherow
EBENEZER SCROOGE Wayne Currie
FRED Tim Danttouze
BENEFACTOR Brian Rice
BENEFACTOR Brian Dickinson
JACOB MARLEY Gordon Keel
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST Rhynn Winstead
SCHOOL-CHILDREN Gavin Foxton-Shano, Joseph Hickey, Katie Baker, Arianna Baker, Grace Newman, Khadi Hiscock, Sofia Forsyth
SCROOGE as a child Hamish Murray
SCROOGE as a youth Ryan Hebert
FANNY Lydia Hickey
FEZZIWIG Miles Leahy
DICK WILKINS Clinton Chester
Mrs FEZZIWIG Karen Tomasino
FIDDLER Emily Nyenhuis
FEZZIWIG’s GUESTS Eloise Mailman, Judy Dickinson
BELLE Emma Tolson
BELLE’s DAUGHTERS Sophie Tanczos, Portia Murray
BELLE’s HUSBAND Spike Sprague
GOVERNESS Abigail Bonnington
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT Gloria Saesura
Mrs CRATCHIT Colleen Rowland
PETER CRATCHIT Vaughn Winstead
MATTHEW CRATCHIT Liam Winstead
BELINDA CRATCHIT Anne McCormick
MARTHA CRATCHIT Mairéad MacInnis
TINY TIM Calder McCormick
FRED’s WIFE Meggie Pozzolo
TOPPER Simon Bonnington
FRED’s SISTER-IN-LAW Myisha Pozzolo
FRED’s SISTER-IN-LAW Alex Hancock
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS YET TO COME Sam Cooper
BROKER Ken Maher
CHARWOMAN Linda Hulme-Leahy
LAUNDRESS Dawn Scott
UNDERTAKER’s MAN Ray Balcom
CAROLINE Kristin Stenberg
CAROLINE’s FATHER Phil Milo
URCHIN Niall Smith
GIRLS Maura Scranton, Lily Habinski
AUNT Linda Doucet
HOUSEMAID Nina Habinski

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