A Christmas Carol: this safe bet should still startle us " past, present or future | Arifa Akbar
There may be comfort in the retelling of Dickens' familiar tale, but the best adaptations show the imagination to still surprise Has Charles Dickens' charming little Christmas story become a cynical theatrical franchise? Mark Gatiss's adaptation, first seen in 2021, is back at Nottingham Playhouse (and transfers to London later this month), this time with Keith Allen as the "tight-fisted" money-lender who finds salva…