Story :The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.
Cast
Simon Russell BealeScrooge's voice (voice)
Carey MulliganBelle (voice)
Andy SerkisMarley's Ghost (voice) / Old Joe (voice)
Daniel KaluuyaThe Ghost of Christmas Present (voice)
Martin FreemanBob Cratchit (voice)
Siân PhillipsGrandmother / narrator (voice)
Lorraine AshbourneMrs Cratchit (voice)
Leslie CaronThe Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Thea AchilleaEmily
Ruby McMillian-WilsonAlice
Oliver John LockPeter
Russell MaliphantMarley´s Dancer
Georgina SutcliffeMother
Richard CottonFather / Merchant (voice)
Michael NunnScrooge's dancer
Tom StourtonFred / Charity Worker (voice)
Simone DonaltiFred's dancer
Karl Fagerlund BrekkeBob Cratchit's dancer / Spirit of yet to come