Performance by AboutFACE

12-22 December 2024 at 3pm & 7.30pm

The James Joyce Centre was delighted to host an AboutFACE Theatre production of Orson Welles’ Christmas Carol 12-22 December 2024.

The much-loved festive “radio play within a play” for all the family came back by public demand at a beautiful and evocative new venue. In this fast-moving, heartfelt comedy based on true events, radio superstar Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre gang are presenting “A Christmas Carol” in New York live ON-AIR on Christmas Eve 1938 . . . having just lost their Scrooge! Can Orson and his overworked cast survive the last minute chaos to give this Christmas Carol a happy ending?

Featuring a 45-minute version of A Christmas Carol in the 1930’s radio style with live sound effects and carols, this was a Christmas treat for the whole family, with a touch of old Hollywood glamour!

“Delightful…Works extraordinarily well.” Sunday Independent
“An absorbing success” Business Post
“Absolute joy to watch” The Arts Review

Starring Lizzy Morrissey, Michael Mullen, Anna Nugent, Paul Nugent, Eoin O’Sullivan, David Ryan and Tana Walsh
Directed by Kathleen Warner Yeates
Written by Paul Nugent
Costume Design by Tara McKeever
Set Design by Jennifer Keane

The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.