Storyhouse have announced that a stage packed with kids, dogs and feelgood songs is going be the main feature of Christmas this year in Chester.
The team behind last year’s smash A Christmas Carol are bringing their irreverent and riotous take on the criminal Dickens classic to the stage from 4 December.
It’s Storyhouse’s second Christmas show since the pandemic started to decimate British theatre, with last years hit being shut on Boxing Day after having run for four weeks.
Chester’s celebrated performing arts venues has been just about the busiest stage producer in the UK since last year and this comes off the back of a sell-out 110 performances in Grosvenor Park this summer to a remarkable 26,000 customers.
Undaunted as ever, Storyhouse’s CEO Andrew Bentley, explains the company’s relentless determination to carry on at full speed “if you were lucky enough to catch A Christmas Carol before Boxing Day, or one of the 7,000 or so that watched online, you’ll have a sense of what is in store this Christmas. We’ve been auditioning the kids, the dogs, we’ve been practicing our dipping, Fagin may not be keen on splashing out at Christmas but we’re not going to let him have his way. Christmas was never cancelled at Storyhouse last year even though it may have had a Bill Sykes-sized knock on the head. We will be proceeding with criminal intent this year as ever, and are looking forward to our customers doing the same. The Stage’s rave review for last Christmas announced that “Storyhouse says bah-humbug… with a heartfelt celebration of hope over hopelessness. Three Christmas cheers to that!
It will open Saturday 4 Dec and run until Sunday 16 January.
There are a range of socially distanced and full capacity seating plans to suit all theatregoers’ tastes.
Tickets go on sale noon Sunday 26 September for Storyhouse Members- join now for £4 a month. General sale from Friday 15 October.
Storyhouse is officially the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre
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Nancy Davies
Marketing and PR Manager
Storyhouse
01244 409113
Storyhouse
Storyhouse is one of the UK’s foremost cultural centres incorporating a library, theatres and a cinema. It is one of the country’s most successful arts buildings, with more than one million customer visits each year.
The pioneering new library within Storyhouse, where members of the community work alongside city librarians, boasts the longest opening hours of any UK public library and is open every day until 11pm. It runs over 2,000 sessions a year for marginalised communities
Storyhouse currently holds the official title as the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre (2019/20) and was the overall national winner in the 2018 Guardian Public Service Awards.
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For more contact
Nancy Davies
Marketing and PR Manager
Storyhouse
01244 747 417 / 07886 743 531
Storyhouse
Storyhouse is creating a new model for a modern cultural organisation. It is the first arts organisation to run a city library. An independent cinema, theatre, library and Levantine restaurant, it produces work for its own stage half of the year and welcomes touring shows for the other half. It is already one of the city’s principal visitor attractions and welcomes 3,000 visitors a day. The library has the longest opening hours in the UK and its community programmes reaches in excess of 150,000 individuals. It sold 42,000 tickets for the company’s opening four productions and welcomed 1m customers in its first year.
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Address: Hunter Street, Chester, CH1 2AR
Schedule
Saturday, December 04, 2:00 PM
Saturday, December 04, 5:00 PM
Sunday, December 05, 2:00 PM
Sunday, December 05, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Wednesday, December 08, 7:00 PM (press night)
Friday, December 10, 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2:00 PM
Saturday, December 11, 5:00 PM
Sunday, December 12, 2:00 PM
Sunday, December 12, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Tuesday, December 14, 7:00 PM
Wednesday, December 15, 7:00 PM
Thursday, December 16, 7:00 PM
Friday, December 17, 7:00 PM (socially distanced)
Saturday, December 18, 2:00 PM
Saturday, December 18, 5:00 PM
Sunday, December 19, 2:00 PM
Sunday, December 19, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Tuesday, December 21, 2:00 PM
Tuesday, December 21, 5:00 PM
Wednesday, December 22, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, December 22, 5:00 PM
Thursday, December 23, 2:00 PM
Thursday, December 23, 5:00 PM
Friday, December 24, 12:00 PM
Friday, December 24, 3:00 PM
Friday, December 24, 6:00 PM
Sunday, December 26, 12:00 PM
Sunday, December 26, 3:00 PM
Sunday, December 26, 6:00 PM
Monday, December 27, 2:00 PM
Monday, December 27, 5:00 PM
Wednesday, December 29, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, December 29, 5:00 PM
Thursday, December 30, 2:00 PM
Thursday, December 30, 5:00 PM
Friday, December 31, 2:00 PM
Friday, December 31, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Saturday, January 01, 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 01, 5:00 PM
Sunday, January 02, 2:00 PM
Sunday, January 02, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Wednesday, January 05, 7:00 PM
Thursday, January 06, 7:00 PM (socially distanced)
Friday, January 07, 7:00 PM
Saturday, January 08, 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 08, 5:00 PM
Sunday, January 09, 2:00 PM
Sunday, January 09, 5:00 PM (socially distanced)
Wednesday, January 12, 7:00 PM
Thursday, January 13, 7:00 PM
Friday, January 14, 7:00 PM (socially distanced)
Saturday, January 15, 2:00 PM
Saturday, January 15, 5:00 PM
Sunday, January 16, 2:00 PM
Sunday, January 16, 5:00 PM