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Mark Gatiss 'A Christmas Carol' rescheduled to Christmas 2021

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Among many other seasonal performances which have now been cancelled or postponed to 2021, the Nottingham Playhouse production has had to announce plans to reschedule.
Creator of this adaptation, Mark Gatiss
Creator of this adaptation, Mark Gatiss

Due to ongoing government guidelines restricting the reopening of theatres at full capacity, Nottingham Playhouse and producer Eleanor Lloyd have announced that A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story a brand-new adaptation by Mark Gatiss, directed by Nottingham Playhouse Artistic Director, Adam Penford has been postponed until 2021.

Performances will now take place at Nottingham Playhouse from 29 October to 13 November 2021 and at the Alexandra Palace Theatre from 26 November 2021 to 9 January 2022.

Originally scheduled to open in Autumn 2020, A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story will see Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Dracula, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) lead an ensemble cast, in his own retelling of Dickens’ classic winter ghost story, filled with Dickensian, spine-tingling special effects.

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