AFTER receiving rave reviews and standing ovations last year, The Dickens Theatre Company are returning to the Towngate Theatre in Basildon this season, with their 5 star production of Charles Dickens classic Christmas story- and it’ll be miserly to miss it.
The company will be performing A Christmas Carol at the St Martin’s Square venue from Thursday December 21 -Sunday December 24.
The play is directed by Eric Richard, who is most famous for playing
Sergeant Cryer in the Bill. He also had a fleeting appeearnce in this year’s blockbuster Dunkirk.
The Dickens Theatre Company was founded by Eric two years ago, along with Westcliff-based actor
Ryan Philpott and actress Louise Faulkner, both who will again be starring in the play.
In recent years Ryan has played a police officer himself, appearing as
Sergeant Kenny Morris in EastEnders and PC
Matthew Thyme in ITV’s
Rosemary and Thyme.
When Eric and Ryan
were introduced in
2015, they hit it off
immediately.
Eric said: “Once we’d
got over the coincidence
of both playing primetime
TV police sergeants,
we realised we had a
lot more in common.
We shared the same
theatrical goals - and the
Dickens Theatre Company
was born.”
A Christmas Carol
will also feature original
music by Paul Higgs
Tickets cost £15 for adults, £12.50 concessions and are available from the box office on 01268 465465.
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