After a three-year hiatus, Driftwood Theatre is performing at the Old Church Theatre in Trenton on December 10th, William Shakespeare’s A Christmas Carol.
Yes, you read that right, this is a jolly, interactive holiday mash-up of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol with appearances by characters from Shakespeare’s most popular plays throughout the performance. Written by Ian Doescher, author of William Shakespeare’s Star Wars series, William Shakespeare’s Get Thee Back to the Future and William Shakespeare’s Avengers The Complete Works, this version of A Christmas Carol is an inventive, hilarious, and touching holiday story inspired by the combined genius of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare.
Driftwood Theatre’s Artistic Director Jeremy Smith told us more.
“When miserly theatre owner Ebenezer Scrooge puts the ‘humbug’ in Christmas, he’s transported on a redemptive journey to save his very soul,” said Jeremy Smith. “Haunted by the spirits of Christmas past (Puck), present (Falstaff) and future (Hamlet’s dad), Scrooge learns to appreciate the true spirit of the holiday season as only Shakespeare can imagine.”
The Audience Can Get into the Action Too.
This Play in a Pub format has a little twist, audience members take the stage in a variety of walk-on roles (including Tiny Tim, Mercutio and Martha Cratchit) by bidding on the Bah the Bah Humbug Live Auction.
“And you can bet there’ll be some participatory Christmas caroling along the way too,” added Smith.
This is a one-night only performance at the Old Church Theatre, 940 Bonisteel Road in Trenton and tickets are selling out quickly. To get tickets visit – https://www.universe.com/events/driftwood-theatre-presents-play-in-a-pub-william-shakespeares-a-christmas-tickets-GWTZSL or to get on the waiting list, call Lesley Bonisteel at Old Church Theatre (613) 848-1411 (https://oldchurch.ca/).
From the great outdoors to your local pub all over Ontario, Driftwood Theatre brings theatre to places you love. Wouldn’t it be great to see them in the Brighton’s new Memorial Park Amphitheatre this summer?
Written by Alicia Vandine
