“REFRESHINGLY ORIGINAL ….. UNASHAMEDLY FEEL-GOOD MUSICAL THEATRE, designed to kindle a warm, fuzzy feeling in its Christmas audience, and it does so to brilliant effect.”
Dominic Martin, The Stage

Now that Pamela Anderson has dropped out of her first two appearances in Aladdin this Christmas, there’s no alternative but to seek out something a little more warming and wonderous to get those festive sparkles a-twinkling.

Instead of peroxide super boobs, garish transvestites and saucy one liners, how about Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, MokitaGrit style? This hearty mince pie of a story has been adapted for stage by Phil Willmott , and if MokitaGrit’s track record is anything to go by, it should cure even the staunchest Scrooge of the bah humbugs.

MokitaGrit is one of the UK’s most prolific theatre companies, with over 20 productions under its belt after just a couple of years. Quantity, in this case, does not preclude quality it seems, as the company boasts awards from The Society of London Theatres and Brighton Fringe Festival.

I can’t wait to see how this young and vibrant company handles such a classic of Victorian literature- certainly a brave undertaking. If the prospect of such bonafide Christmas cheer is not sufficient to tempt you to the box office at The King’s Head Theatre in Islington (possibly the cosiest venue in London, and apparently the first pub theatre to be founded in the UK since Shakespeare’s day), then warm your hearts and your mulled wine in the knowledge that proceeds from the production will be heading to Great Ormond Street Hospital’s Theatres for Theatres campaign.

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