First Look: A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story production images released!

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Mark Gatiss has transformed Dicken’s classic holiday tale from the usual heart-warming tale we know and love into an eerie, thrilling adventure. This retelling is now performing at [**London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/alexandra-palace-theatre-london) for a limited festive season. Tickets for [***A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/christmas-carol-ghost-story-tickets) are booking until 9 January 2022. Check out the newly released production images in our gallery below.
Production photography is by **Manuel Harlan**.
### *A Christmas Carol* Alexandra Palace cast **Mark Gatiss** leads the cast in his haunting retelling of this festive season favourite tale, in the role of Jacob Marley. He is joined by **Nicholas Farrell** as Scrooge, **James Backway** as Fred, **Angelina Chudi** as Caroline, **Jo Eaton-Kent** as the Ghost of Christmas Past, **Zak Ford-Williams** as Tiny Tim, **Aoife Gaston** as Belle, **Christopher Godwin** as the Narrator, **Edward Harrison** as Bob Cratchit, **Sarah Ridgeway** as Mrs Cratchit and **Joe Shire** as Ghost of Christmas Present. ### *A Christmas Carol* creative team *A Christmas Carol* is written by **Charles Dickens** and adapted by **Mark Gatiss**. The production is directed by **Adam Penford**, with **Paul Will** as designer, **Philip Gladwell** as lighting designer, **Ella Wahlstr****öm** as sound designer, **Nina Dunn** as video designer, **Georgina Lamb** as movement director and **Tingying Dong** as composer. **John Bulleid** is illusion designer, **Sam Stevenson** is casting director, **Matthew Forbes** is puppet director, **Tom Attwood** is music director and **Jasmine Teo** is associate director. ### *A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story* synopsis *It’s a cold Christmas Eve and mean-spirited miser Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visit from the spirit of his former business partner Jacob Marley. Bound in chains as punishment for a lifetime of greed, the unearthly figure explains it isn’t too late for Scrooge to change his miserly ways in order to escape the same fate, but first he’ll have to face three more eerie encounters…* ### Tickets for *A Christmas Carol* are still available this Christmas! Don’t miss out on tickets for *A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story* at [**Alexandra Palace**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/alexandra-palace-theatre-london) this Christmas! This is a festive treat with a twist that you just have to see.
🎫 [**Book your *A Christmas Carol* tickets here**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/christmas-carol-ghost-story-tickets).

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By Jade Ali

A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y