Polka unveil a free digital reimagining of A Christmas Carol for families this Christmas

Polka Theatre will release a re-told digital version of A Christmas Carol this festive season.

Created by Ian Nicholson and Sam Wilde, the free 15-minute short film can be enjoyed by the whole family and will be available from 19 December to those who sign up to the Polka newsletter between now and Christmas.

Gather round for this visually imaginative and funny re-telling of a Christmas classic, set to an original folk-style score. Stories have been quiet on stages for a while but now you can meet the Storyteller and his Cardboard Cabinet of Curiosities as he tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and the true meaning of Christmas. The uncharitable, grumpy, angry and overall spiritless Ebenezer Scrooge is hiding in his London office on a lonely Christmas night. Will Scrooge still hate Christmas once the three festive ghosts have shown him his past, present and future? 

Audio description has also been provided by VocalEyes.

Designer Sam Wilde said: “The show is almost entirely recycled and recyclable, mostly made from cardboard but also materials from the huge waste generated over the Christmas period - wrapping paper, fairy lights, ribbons, bows, bubble wrap and baubles! Hopefully it will provide people with inspiration for reusing all that Christmas rubbish! We'll travel through cardboard city streets, meet the origami ghost of Christmas Past, the wrapping paper ghost of Christmas Present and ghost of Christmas Future (with a touch of tinsel!).”

Polka is due to reopen in Spring  2021 following a major redevelopment. In the meantime however, they continue to offer activities to schools, community groups and the public, and have helped keep children creative during lockdown.

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