SCROOGE – THE MUSICAL
Grand Opera House, York
Pick Me Up’s big winter show of 2019 at the Grand Opera House, York, is a real festive treat – Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge The Musical.
It’s based on Charles Dickens’ classic tale of bitter old miser Ebeneezer Scrooge and the night he's visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet To Come.
Bricusse first adapted A Christmas Carol for the 1970 film musical Scrooge! starring Albert Finney. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the film’s score and for the song Thank You Very Much.
He turned Scrooge into a stage musical in 1992, with his song-writing partner Anthony Newley playing the title character. Bricusse and Newley’s collaborations include the musicals Stop The World – I Want To Get Off, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and The Roar of the Greasepaint — the Smell of the Crowd
Mark Hird (whose previous Pick Me Up roles include Captain Mainwaring in Dad’s Army, Colonel Pickering in My Fair Lady and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family) plays Scrooge, Rory Mulvihill (Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Sergeant Wilson in Dad’s Army and Captain Teri Dennis in Privates on Parade) is the jolly Ghost of Christmas Present, Alan Park (Albin Grau, Carl Laemmle Jr and Anthony Hinds in Monster Makers) plays Scrooge’s long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit, and nine-year-old Sonny Love is Tiny Tim.
The show is directed by Robert Readman, choreography is by Iain Harvey, and the musical director is Sam Johnson.
26 Nov - 1 Dec 2019
CREATIVES
Book, music and lyrics by
Leslie Bricusse
Directed by
Robert Readman
Musical director
Sam Johnson
Choreography
Iain Harvey, Robert Readman
Lighting
Adam Moore
Sound
Ian Thomson
CAST
Scrooge
Mark Hird
Bob Cratchit
Alan Park
Harry Scrooge's Nephew/Bissett the Butcher
James Potter
Jacob Marley
Tony Froud
Ghost of Christmas Past
Olivia Caley
Ghost of Christmas Present
Rory Mulvihill
Tom Jenkins
Andrew Isherwood
Young Ebenezer
Frankie Bounds
Isabel
Jennie Wogan
Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come/Miss Dilber/Mrs Fezziwig
Alex Mather
Mrs Dilber/Mary
Vicki Kress
Mr Pringle The Toy Shop Owner/Phantom
Dave Todd
Mrs Ethel Cratchit
Flo Poskitt
Tiny Tim
Sonny Love
Kathy Cratchit
Niamh Rose
Peter Cratchit
Guy Wilson, Jack Hambleton
Martha Cratchit
Katy Brown
Belinda Cratchit
Hannah Schofield
Meg Cratchit
Tabitha Ford
Lily Cratchit
Lola Weatherill
Hugo Hearty/Mr Fezziwig
James Coldrick
Jocelyn Jollygoode/Phantom
Rob King
Punch and Judy Man/Phantom/Topper
Tom Riddolls
Mr Carstairs/Phantom/Dick Wilkins
Barry Symons
Chestnut Seller/Phantom
Alison Taylor
Bess
Rebecca Ellis
Jenny
Ava Bounds
Baker
Sonia Di Lorenzo
Helen
Sophie Roberts
Beggar Woman/Mrs Pringle
Bromwyn Jennison
Scrooge as a boy
James Flemming
Ensemble
Melanie Groom
Zoe Gilbert
Bethany Clavery
Alyssia Hanley
Tiggy Owen-Smith
Macy McDonaugh
Libby Greenhill
Emily Halstead
Libby Anderson
Ava Tait
Poppy Love
Florence Rochester
Bethany Wallace
Photos by Matthew Kitchen Photography