What you need to know
Running Time
Approximately two hours, including a 20-minute intervalContent Guidance
Suitable for ages 8+
Tickets
Previews £14.50–£81.50, Off-Peak £16.50–£81.50, Peak £16.50–£91.50. Premium and Charitable tickets available.
Read about our Season In The Round to find out more about the seating configuration for this production.
Preview
12–23 NovAccess Performances
Audio Described:
Saturday 12 December, 2pm (Touch Tour 11.45am)
Monday 04 January, 7pm (Touch Tour 5pm)
British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreted:
Saturday 12 December, 2pm
Tuesday 05 January, 7pm
Captioned:
Saturday 12 December, 2pm
Monday 14 December, 7pm
Relaxed (also Audio Described, Captioned and BSL Interpreted):
Saturday 12 December, 2pm (Touch Tour 11.45am)
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£23.50–£26.50 Access rate available for all performances and one carer/companion ticket per booking available at the same price. Join the free Access Membership and book online or call 0344 871 7628
Dates
12 Nov–09 Jan 2027About the show
Please Note: Members onsale begins at 12noon today. General onsale is 12noon Thu 26 Feb.
Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic returns to The Old Vic, joyously adapted for the stage by Jack Thorne (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, His Dark Materials).
A Christmas Carol fills the auditorium to the brim with mince pies, music and merriment. A unique staging immerses the audience in London’s longest running adaptation of this beloved festive favourite.
We recommend booking early to avoid disappointment.
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OFF-PEAK PERFORMANCES
Preview performances: 12–23 Nov 2026
Off-peak performances: 01–09 Jan 2027
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Jack Thorne
Jack Thorne
Theatre includes: Woyzeck, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End/Worldwide); The Motive and the Cue, After Life (National Theatre); When Winston Went to War With the Wireless (Donmar); The Solid Life of Sugar Water (Graeae/National Theatre/UK tour); The End of History, Hope (Royal Court). Television includes: The Hack, Adolescence, Toxic Town, An Almost Christmas Story, Best Interests, Help, Then Barbara Met Alan, Criptales, The Eddy, The Accident, His Dark Materials, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, Kiri, This Is England, National Treasure. Film includes: Joy, The Swimmers, the Enola Holmes films, The Secret Garden, Wonder. Awards include a Primetime Emmy, Astra TV Award, five BAFTAs, a Rose d’Or and 2022 RTS Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Television. Jack is on the steering group of the TV Access Project and President of the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain.
Matthew Warchus
Matthew Warchus
Theatre includes: Mary Page Marlowe, Oedipus, The Constituent, Lungs, Present Laughter, ‘Art’, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, Speed-the-Plow, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — A Christmas Carol, Faith Healer, Three Kings, Lungs (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol, Groundhog Day, The Norman Conquests (The Old Vic/Broadway); Life x 3 (The Old Vic/National Theatre/Broadway); Matilda the Musical (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour); Ghost the Musical (West End/Broadway/South Korea); La Bête (West End/Broadway); God of Carnage, ‘Art’ (West End/Broadway/LA); Juno and the Paycock, Deathtrap, Endgame (West End); Our House, Much Ado About Nothing (West End/UK tour); Boeing-Boeing (West End/Broadway/UK tour); The Lord of the Rings (West End/Toronto); Buried Child, Volpone (National Theatre); Follies (Broadway); True West (Donmar/Broadway); The Unexpected Man (RSC/West End/Broadway); Hamlet, Henry V (RSC); Betrayal, Death of a Salesman, The Plough and the Stars, Fiddler on the Roof, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, True West, Peter Pan (Leeds Playhouse). Opera includes: Falstaff, Così Fan Tutte (ENO); The Rake’s Progress (RBO/WNO). Film includes: Matilda the Musical, Pride — BIFA Best British Independent Film, Simpatico. Matthew was an Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse and Artistic Associate at The Old Vic before being appointed Artistic Director of the theatre in 2014.
Rob Howell
Rob Howell
Theatre includes: Mary Page Marlowe, Eureka Day, Lungs, Present Laughter, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, A Flea in Her Ear, Inherit the Wind, Speed-the-Plow, Complicit, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — Faith Healer (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol — two Tony Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Scenic Design, The Norman Conquests, Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Broadway); The Hills of California (West End/Broadway); Matilda the Musical — Olivier Award for Best Set Design, Tony Award for Best Scenic Design (RSC/West End/Broadway/International tour); The Ferryman — two Tony Awards for Best Costume Design and Best Scenic Design (Royal Court/West End/Broadway). Film as Costume Designer includes: Matilda the Musical. Rob has also worked at other venues including the National Theatre, Almeida, Donmar, Young Vic, Bristol Old Vic, Chichester, RBO and Metropolitan Opera.
Christopher Nightingale
Christopher Nightingale
Theatre as Composer includes: A Christmas Carol — Tony Award for Best Original Score (The Old Vic/Broadway); Future Conditional, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic); The Divide (The Old Vic/EIF). Theatre as Orchestrator/Additional Music/Musical Supervisor includes: Groundhog Day — Olivier Award for Best New Musical (The Old Vic/Broadway); Matilda the Musical — seven Olivier Awards, four Tony Awards (RSC/West End/Broadway). Theatre as Musical Supervisor/Arranger/Orchestrator includes: Ghost the Musical (West End/Broadway). Theatre as Musical Supervisor/Orchestrator includes: Bombay Dreams (West End). Theatre as Co-Composer/Orchestrator includes: The Lord of the Rings (West End/Toronto). Theatre as Arranger/Musical Director includes: Closer to Heaven (West End). Theatre as Musical Director includes: Whistle Down the Wind, Oliver! (West End). Film as Composer includes: Pride. Film as Conductor/Vocal Coach includes: Evita. Film as Original Score/Executive Music Producer includes: Matilda the Musical.
Hugh Vanstone
Hugh Vanstone
Theatre as an Associate Artist includes: Mary Page Marlowe, The Constituent, ‘Art’, No’s Knife, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional (The Old Vic); Groundhog Day, A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic/Broadway/Australia). Theatre includes: Juno and the Paycock, Back to the Future, Anything Goes, The Height of the Storm, Mary Poppins, The Birthday Party, Venus in Fur, Dreamgirls (West End); Matilda the Musical (West End/Broadway); Hillary and Clinton, The Boys in the Band (Broadway); Double Feature, The Snail House, The Forest (Hampstead); Exit the King, The Red Lion (National Theatre). Awards include three Olivier Awards, two Tony Awards and a Molière Award. Hugh is an Honorary Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Simon Baker
Simon Baker
Theatre includes: Mary Page Marlowe, The Constituent, Present Laughter, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional, High Society, Electra, The Norman Conquests, Hedda Gabler, OLD VIC: IN CAMERA — A Christmas Carol, Lungs (The Old Vic); Girl from the North Country (The Old Vic/West End/Broadway/Worldwide); Groundhog Day, A Christmas Carol — Tony Award for Best Sound Design for a Play (The Old Vic/Broadway); Wise Children (The Old Vic/UK tour); Matilda the Musical — Olivier Award for Best Sound (RSC/West End/Broadway/Worldwide); Hamnet, Shakespeare in Love (West End); The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth); Hex, The Light Princess, Amen Corner (National Theatre); Wuthering Heights (National Theatre/UK & International tour); Buddha of Suburbia (RSC); Blue Beard (UK tour); Malory Towers (York Theatre Royal/UK tour); Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare’s Globe).
Grindrod Burton Casting
Grindrod Burton Casting
Theatre includes: Groundhog Day, Jekyll & Hyde (The Old Vic); 42nd Street, Back to the Future, Be More Chill, Chicago, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Evita, Ghost the Musical, Heathers The Musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Mamma Mia!, Matilda the Musical, Our House, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Lord of the Rings (West End); Starter for Ten (Bristol Old Vic). Television includes: How Do You Solve a Problem like Maria?, The Sound of Music Live!. Film includes: Beauty and the Beast, Better Man, Disenchanted, Mamma Mia!, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Mary Poppins Returns, Matilda the Musical.
Lizzi Gee
Lizzi Gee
Theatre as Director/Choreographer includes: Ride The Cyclone (Southwark Playhouse); The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (The Other Palace/UK tour). Theatre as Choreographer includes: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (The Old Vic); A Christmas Carol (The Old Vic/Worldwide); Groundhog Day (The Old Vic/Melbourne); Spitting Image, Mother Goose, The Miser, Upstart Crow, The Man in the White Suit, Love Story, The Girls, An Ideal Husband, Dr. Strangelove (West End); Here You Come Again (UK tour/Leeds Playhouse); Jack Absolute Flies Again, A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer, Rocket to the Moon (National Theatre); A Face in the Crowd (Young Vic); Little Shop of Horrors, Hansel and Gretel (Regent’s Park Open Air); The Sound of Music, Present Laughter, Goodnight Mister Tom (Chichester). Film includes: The Grinch, Pride. Lizzi is an Associate Artist of The Old Vic.