Eccleston will star in the latest staging of Jack Thorne’s A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic. <\/p>
Christopher Eccleston will soon be seen heading back to the Victorian era \u2013 no, not in the TARDIS, but instead on The Old Vic stage, as he stars in A Christmas Carol.<\/p>\n
Eccleston will play Scrooge from 11th November 2023 to 6th January 2024 at the London theatre in a staging of Jack Thorne\u2019s<\/a> adaptation of Charles Dickens\u2019s novella.<\/p>\n Eccleston said of appearing in the play: \u201cAs a child, I read and watched every and any version of A Christmas Carol because of a fascination with Scrooge\u2019s psychology. As a young actor, I read everything I could about the legendary Old Vic. I\u2019m a very lucky man to be part of this production and cannot wait to meet our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n The production will once again be directed by Matthew Warchus, who first directed Thorne\u2019s version of the play when it debuted at The Old Vic in 2017.<\/p>\n In the most eagerly anticipated casting news in the theatre calendar…