A Christmas Carol

Provides all of the Christmas cheer you’ll need this season
The New York Times – Critic’s Pick
A CHRISTMAS CAROL was performed and streamed live from The Old Vic stage to 73 countries across the globe from Sat 12–Thu 24 Dec 2020.
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Matthew Warchus’ big-hearted, smash hit production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic A Christmas Carol returns to our stage this year, to be performed live from our auditorium and streamed to homes across the world.
This Christmas, come together with your household or with friends and family online to take part in the music and merriment of this uplifting story, joyously adapted by Jack Thorne.
A Christmas Carol will be performed and streamed live as part of our Old Vic: In Camera series. We hope that you will join with us to support the series and feel excited to be part of a live theatre community once again. We need your help in making sure that The Old Vic and our productions are still here to enjoy once our much-missed normal lives resume.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR SCHOOLS BOOKINGS
School Groups (excluding Lambeth and Southwark state schools): £50 per group
To book your Schools Ticket, please book here.
You only need to book one ticket if you plan on watching on one screen, even if you’ll be watching on the same screen with a group.
SCHOOLS TICKETS FAQSCharity Partner
Every Christmas we encourage our audiences to donate to a charity whose missions align with the themes of A Christmas Carol. This year, despite not being able to fundraise in person, we continue in our commitment and are delighted to announce FoodCycle as our Charity Partner for 2020. We are also delighted to share that writer Jack Thorne, together with his wife Rachel, has generously pledged to match all A Christmas Carol FoodCycle donations received from the public up to £250,000. We hope this will inspire people to support. Read more about FoodCycle here.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS:
The Old Vic: In Camera series is made possible thanks to the unwavering support of Royal Bank of Canada as The Old Vic’s visionary Principal Partner. Since the beginning of Matthew Warchus’ tenure in 2015, RBC has sponsored over 30 main stage productions and now, in the face of such challenging times, RBC continues to stand alongside us and support our theatre and our audiences by enabling the delivery of this series. And, thanks to PwC’s steadfast generosity through this crisis, we’re delighted to be able to make this artistic initiative widely accessible with a number of PwC £10 Tickets offered across all performances.
This production of A Christmas Carol is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Royal Bank of Canada – Principal Partner
PwC – PwC £10 Previews Partner
A Christmas Carol is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies
With special thanks to our Streaming Provider, Zoom















I absolutely adore theatre. This year has been horrible to venues and creatives but there’s been a small glimmer of light in the streamed shows. Tonight’s A Christmas Carol from @oldvictheatre filled my heart with love. A remarkable production. Thank you all involved.
@leicestermark
#OVChristmasCarol was one of the best productions I’ve seen, watched w/ my fam who I can’t visit this Christmas. We normally see this play somewhere every year. Just a lovely performance #GodBlessUsEveryOne@oldvictheatre
@TheWrightAngela
And now it’s officially Christmas! Looooved #OVChristmasCarol this evening. So beautifully staged and the perfect COVID-friendly festive theatre treat. looking forward to being back in an actual theatre next year though!
@emma_forth
So good! @oldvictheatre #AChristmasCarol never fails to get me teary in the 2nd half. The way the zoom filming was put together was brilliantly done #OVInCamera I'll be watching it again! Well done, @oldvictheatre
@lyndseyevans
I can’t thank you enough for keeping me sane through this difficult year by keeping theatre alive. May we all be together again in an actual theatre soon.
@kezzerrg