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‘Disturbing & darkly funny, with two bravura performances’: CRATCHIT – Park Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews, Touring by Fairy Powered Productions24th December 2021Leave a Comment

Alexander Knott’s atmospheric take on A Christmas Carol places Bob Cratchit centre stage as familiar events from Dickens’ story are related to the audience through his eyes.

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‘How does he behave when not in service of Scrooge?’: John Dagleish on returning to the role of Cratchit

In Featured Shows, Features, Interviews, London theatre, Native, Plays by Featured Content21st December 2021

Olivier Award winner John Dagleish played Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s lowly clerk, in the Old Vic’s renowned production of A Christmas Carol. We talked to him about returning to the role in Cratchit, written and directed by Alexander Knott. Time to get booking!

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‘It’s thrilling to see working-class Bob given some agency’: CRATCHIT – Park Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Other Recent Articles, Plays, Reviews by Debbie Gilpin15th December 2021Leave a Comment

Marley was dead to begin with – and what of it? There’s still work to be done, and Bob Cratchit has to bear the brunt of his remaining master’s foul moods whilst remaining industrious.

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PHOTOS: New play Cratchit gives voice to Dickensian injustices past & present

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, Online shows, Photos, Plays, Video by Featured Content10th December 2021

Cratchit, Alexander Knott’s spin-off from A Christmas Carol that picks up the story of Scrooge’s impoverished clerk, has just opened at London’s Park Theatre. Check out the trailer plus first-look photos of Olivier Award winner John Dagleish in action.

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NEWS: John Dagleish returns to the character of Bob Cratchit in new rewriting of Charles Dickens

In Featured Shows, London theatre, Native, News, Online shows, Plays, Press Releases, Video by Featured Content18th November 2021

Olivier Award winner John Dagleish takes the title role in Cratchit, an astute rewriting of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol which has its live premiere at the Park Theatre this December.

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‘The themes are both relevant and mildly hopeful’: DECEMBER – Old Red Lion Theatre (Online review)

In London theatre, Online shows, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Aleks Sierz31st December 2020Leave a Comment

I watched the streamed version of December, written and directed by Alexander Knott, and performed in the Old Red Lion Theatre and pub.

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‘Inherently intriguing’: Nuclear War / Buried / Graceland – Old Red Lion Theatre ★★★★

In London theatre, Opinion, Plays, Reviews by Amy Toledano15th March 2020Leave a Comment

This triptych of plays – Nuclear War, Buried and Graceland – is a highly enjoyable and challenging evening for its audience, provoking emotion and thought through nuanced and skilled performances

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‘Compelling triptych of plays’: Nuclear War / Buried / Graceland – Old Red Lion Theatre

In Features, London theatre, Opinion, Plays by Stephanie Ressort8th March 2020Leave a Comment

Nuclear War, Buried and Graceland at the Old Red Lion Theatre become a compelling triptych of plays all connected by the themes of love, loss, trauma and existence.

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