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Scrooge The Musical
Musical Opened 8 November 2005, Closed 14 January 2006
London Palladium Argyll Street, London
Tommy Steele in Scrooge - the award-winning musical by Leslie Bricusse based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The ideal Christmas treat, Leslie Bricusse's spectacular musical extravaganza Scrooge is a heartwarming family story based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with stunning sets and costumes, specially created illusions by magician Paul Kieve (acclaimed for the magic effects in the Harry Potter films) and a fantastic musical score which features the Oscar-nominated hit Thank You Very Much. Director Bob Tomson's and designer Paul Farnworth's production has gained vast critical acclaim and played to sell-out audiences all over the world.
Don't miss Ebenezer, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future and a whole host of Dickensian characters in the award-winning, international smash hit musical Scrooge!
"Steele is a sensation - a true musical legend" The Evening News
"Old-fashioned Christmas shows don't come much better than this. Paul Farnsworth has pulled out all the stops for Leslie Bricusse's musical, and designed a murky Victorian London... Tommy Steele is Scrooge - he's well struck in years now, but you'd hardly guess it, and he makes Scrooge truly lovable in the end. This show is a real Christmas present." The Sunday Times
"The songs are catchy, Tiny Tim (Laurence Belcher) has the sweetest voice, and the ghost of Christmas Present's outfit lights up spectacularly, like a Christmas tree. My only complaint is the Jacob Marley's chains didn't clank" The Sunday Telegraph
"Superb! that's the only way to describe Tommy Steele in Scrooge... he and the cast deserved every bit of the standing ovation they received" The Evening Telegraph
Tommy Steele, pop legend and star of such Hollywood hits as The Happiest Millionaire, Finian's Rainbow and the legendary Half A Sixpence, returns to the London Palladium – home of some of his greatest triumphs – as 'Ebenezer Scrooge'. Tommy Steele has become synonymous with The London Palladium which, over a period of more than four decades, has played host to some of his biggest hits including Hans Christian Anderson, The London Palladium Show, Dick Whittington and, of course, Singin' In The Rain - which Tommy directed as well as starred in.
