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900 free tickets will be made available to key workers and their families at Alpha’s La Dolce Vita key worker morning on Thursday, December 10

Brian Conley will play Ebenezer Scrooge this Christmas, in a musical concert by Alan Menken, Lynn Ahrens and Mike Ockrent, A Christmas Carol

The musical brings Dickens’ timeless fable to a glorious life: Ebenezer Scrooge, a petty miser, doesn’t believe in the power of Christmas But on a Christmas Eve filled with memorable characters, spectacular songs, ghostly appearances and journeys to the past, present and future, Scrooge acknowledges his mistakes and discovers the joy of redemption With a sparkling Broadway score performed by the London Musical Theater Orchestra, a star cast and a touch of festive magic , A Christmas Carol at the Dominion is the must-see West End production in December

The staged concert will feature TV comedy legend and West End star Brian Conley (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Jolson [Olivier nomination], Hairspray) as Scrooge, who will be joined on stage by an orchestra and over 50

Written by the critically acclaimed crew of Alan Menken (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast), Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia, Ragtime) and Mike Ockrent (Me and My Girl, Crazy for You), the musical of A Christmas Carol first premiered in 1994 at the Paramount Theater in New York It ran for a decade at Madison Square Garden and was seen by over 5 million people, becoming a staple Christmas tradition The London Musical Theater Orchestra (LMTO) previously performed A Christmas Carol to sold-out audiences and five-star critics in 2016, 2017 and 2018 at the Lyceum Theater in London’s West End

The creative team is led by director Shaun Kerrison, who has conducted several previous concerts for LMTO (A Christmas Carol, Mack and Mabel, Candide) as well as BBC Proms My Fair Lady, Kiss me, Kate and Freddie Tapner ( founder of LMTO) as musical director The cast is Jim Arnold CDG (Wicked, The Prince of Egypt)

With vibrant melodies, moving lyrics and a moral for our time, it will be a Christmas event to reunite families after the most difficult year in living memory

900 free tickets will be made available to key workers and their families at Alpha’s La Dolce Vita Key Worker Morning on Thursday, December 10

Dominion Theater, 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7AQ December 7, 2020 to January 2, 2021 Hours: Monday to Saturday 730; mornings at varying times Admission: 28 £ 75 booking fees included Phone: 0345 200 7982

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