The Watermill Theatre in Newbury has announced that a filmed version of their production of A Christmas Carol will be released from Friday 18 December.

The show opened to critical acclaim on 3 December (click here to read our 5* review), and will continue to play to a socially distanced audience until 3 January.

Two actor-musicians introduce us to Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim and a host of extraordinary characters as you have never seen them before in a festive retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. 

Actor musicians Pete Ashmore and Tilly-Mae Millbrook star as Scrooge and The Narrator respectively. Adapted by Danielle Pearson, directed by Georgie Staight and designed by Isobel Nicolson, A Christmas Carol sees the cast working together as joint Musical Directors, creating a magical festive soundscape. Lighting is designed by Harry Armytage with sound by Tom Marshall and costumes by Emily Barratt.

Paul Hart said: “We’re so thrilled with the response to A Christmas Carol and we’re very keen to make it available to as many people as possible, offering some Christmas joy to anyone who may need it. Especially as many people might not be able to join us this year due to limited capacities in the theatre, or because they may need or want to stay closer to home at the moment...but we’re excited to be able to introduce our work to audiences from farther afield, both in the UK and internationally! 

“We’re very proud of the production which really gets to the heart of Dickens’ original in such an inventive and fresh way – and I’m so excited this will offer a bit of Watermill magic this Christmas direct to people’s homes!”

A Christmas Carol can be watched on demand from 7.30pm on Friday, with tickets costing £10 for three day access. There are also options to support The Watermill further, by paying £25 for access to the film for 7 days (the equivalent of one full price ticket to watch the production in the theatre), or £50 for access to watch for 10 days (the equivalent of two full price tickets). A captioned version will also be available to watch from Friday, and an audio described version and schools’ package will be made available in January.

Pre-booking for A Christmas Carol: Video On Demand is now open and tickets can be booked online here.