A Christmas Carol(ish)

Nick Mohammed has kept true to the original Charles Dickens story in that it features the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future, a Bah Humbugging Scrooge (though for copyright reasons, it’s Santa exploiting his Elven workers) and a moral ending to warm your heart, ultimately though the story goes completely off track and becomes utterly brilliant chaos. 

It uses the ‘play within a play’ format so Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallows, a character of his own creation who is frustrating and endearing in equal measure. David Elms reprises his role as the straight man of the piece, Mr Goldsworth the long-suffering producer of the show who has invested his entire inheritance into the production. David does a wonderful job of remaining the constant dead-pan counterpart to the chaotic Mr Swallows. Martha Howe-Dougals brings fantastic energy to Rochelle, a cruise ship singer who only took the job on the promise of being able to promote her new solo album and book. Rounding up the cast is Kieran Hodgson as Jonathan, a lonely man who just wants to fit in somewhere. There is also a special cameo in the role of ‘God’, I will give no spoilers but fans of a certain football themed tv show will be thrilled!!