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NO matter how grumpy Scrooge is, you can be sure he will be bringing smiles and festive joy when he makes his annual visits. His last appearance for the 2024/25 season comes with A Humbug Christmas Carol from The Travelling Players – a joint venture of Forest Forge, Bumblefly and Mischievous Theatre.

They are touring a show  bursting with merriment, mayhem and humbug, telling the familiar tale with their signature inventive colourful style. Between dusk and dawn Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future! Will he mend his ways? Will he become a new man? Will he greet the morning with a … Merry Christmas Everyone?

Through their unique brand of quirky storytelling, live action, music, a puppet or two, a host of Gothic surprises, some ghostly flights of fancy and a clanking of chains, the Travelling Players bring this Yuletide classic to life. The tour continues at Mere Lecture Hall on Thursday 9th January at 7.30 and Downton Memorial Hall at 6.30 on Friday 10th January

For full details of the tour, visit www.bumbleflytheatre.co.uk