Absorbing adaptation is faithful to the original, with sepia lighting and a whiskery, curmudgeonly Scrooge pinching pennies in hard times
ven the proportions of Ebenezer Scrooge’s office are mean. The clever set by Jess Curtis squeezes in three London townhouses, thin, tall and grey, all slate and soot. They spin around to reveal cramped interiors as Scrooge edges his way upstairs, past Bob Cratchit perched at a narrow ledger desk. It has the effect of making a big stage look claustrophobic.
. Neither tries to leaven the austerity with humour or jollify things with audience interaction. Some of that would have been welcome, but their approach is to trust a time-honoured tale and play it straight. The audience remains spellbound. Kenny sticks faithfully to the original, although he underplays the pathos of the Tiny Tim story: you would think the boy just had a bit of a cough. The Ghost of Christmas Past is an innocent youth; Christmas Present is a childbearing pagan in leafy green; and Christmas Future is a funereal figure with cello. No wonder Scrooge is spooked.
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