Three Christmases since the famous confrontation with his nemesis Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes has little appetite for mince pies or for solving crime. Wandering through Victorian London, he meets a grown-up and not-so-Tiny Tim who implores him to investigate the mysterious death of his reformed benefactor, one Ebenezer Scrooge.
An impossible murder, a threatening letter, and a missing diamond - it’s just enough to intrigue the great detective. But it’s a dark and treacherous Christmas Eve, and once again the night is haunted by the spirits of the past, present, and future. Using his powers of deduction, can Holmes overcome his own ghosts to crack the case?
The worlds of Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle combine on stage in this ‘instant holiday classic’, coming to London for the first time, just a stone’s throw from Holmes’ fictional base at 221B Baker Street itself.
A Sherlock Carol, written and directed by Mark Shanahan, will get its UK premiere at Marylebone
Theatre, Rudolf Steiner House, 35 Park Road, London, NW1 6XT, from 18 November - 17 January.
Press performances: 23 & 24 November at 7.30pm.
A Sherlock Carol was a New York Times’ Critic’s Pick and nominated Best New Play at the 2022 Off-Broadway Alliance Awards.
Cast:
Ben Caplan (Sherlock Holmes) was PC Noakes in five series of Call the Midwife. In the West End he was Eddie Kassner in the musical Sunny Afternoon. He recently was in The Winter’s Tale at the Royal Shakespeare Company and filmed the new BBC comedy series Lagging.
Kammy Darweish (Ebenezer Scrooge) was in the original cast of Life of Pi at Sheffield Crucible and the national tour of East of East and has appeared in several productions at the RSC and NT.
Rosie Armstong (The Countess and others) was in A Small Family Business (National Theatre) and Chimerica and Potted Panto (West End).
Richard James (Dr Watson and others) recently toured the UK theatres in adaptations of David
Walliams’ best-selling children’s books Gangsta Granny, Awful Auntie and Grandpa’s Great Escape.
Gemma Laurie (Emma Wiggins and others) was in The Long Shadow (ITV) and is making her London stage debut.
Damian Lynch (Dr Cratchit and others) was in the West End production of The Comedy About a Bank Robbery. He is also an acclaimed voice artist and winner of the BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Award.
Creative Team:
Writer & Director Mark Shanahan
Scenic Designer Anna Louizos
Costume Designer Linda Cho
Lighting Designer Rui Rita
Composer & Sound Designer John Gromada
Casting Director Abby Galvin
Associate Director Franny Rafferty
Associate Scenic Designer William Fricker
Associate Lighting Designer Holly Ellis
Associate Costume Designer Ricky Lurie
Costume Supervisor Jo Lewis
Mark Shanahan | Writer/Director
Mark Shanahan is the writer of the Off-Broadway comedies The Dingdong and A Merry Little
Christmas Carol, and is the creator/writer of original radio drama for White Heron Theatre and NPR’s Ghost Light Series. He is an Edgar Award nominee for his adaptation of The Chronology Protection Case, and co-writer of the short screenplay Kill Me (Adirondack FilmFest). As an actor, he appeared on Broadway in The 39 Steps and Philadelphia, Here I Come!.
Anna Louizos | Scenic Designer
Anna has received multiple Tony Award nominations, Emmy and Drama Desk Award nominations for her diverse production designs. Broadway credits include School of Rock (also US Tour, London, Brazil, Australia, China, Korea), In the Heights, Avenue Q, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Dames at Sea, High Fidelity, Honeymoon in Vegas, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Curtains, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and others.
Linda Cho | Costume Designer
Broadway credits include: Take Me Out, The Great Society, Lifespan of a Fact, Anastasia (Tony
Nomination), A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award), The Velocity of Autumn. She has over 200 regional and international design credits in theatre, dance and opera.
Rui Rita | Lighting Designer
Broadway credits include: Skeleton Crew, Velocity of Autumn, Trip to Bountiful, Present Laughter,
Dividing the Estate, Enchanted April.
John Gromada | Composer & Sound Designer
Broadway credits include: All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony
nomination), Gore Vidal’s The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Seminar, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men.
DEM Productions | Producer & General Manager
Deus Ex Machina Productions produces new writing and acclaimed revivals of plays and musicals. Led by Ramin Sabi and Emily Lunnon, current and recent productions include RIDE (Charing Cross Theatre), The Book Thief (Octagon Bolton), Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (Ambassadors, West End) and DUST (Trafalgar Studios & New York Theatre Workshop).
DEM Productions, Fat Goose Productions,
and Theatre Nerd Productions
present
A Sherlock Carol
Written and directed by Mark Shanahan
Marylebone Theatre
Rudolf Steiner House,
35 Park Road,
London
NW1 6XT
First Preview 18 November
Press Performances
23 & 24 November at 7.30pm
Final Performance 7 January 2022
Performances:
Monday - Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees:
Wednesday & Saturday at 2.30pm
Thursday 8 Dec, Friday 9 Dec,
Tuesday 13 Dec, Thursday 15,
1 show only at 2.00pm
Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve
1.00pm & 5.00pm
Tickets from £10
Box office: www.asherlockcarol.co.uk
