Name: A Christmas Carol, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Start: 2013-12-15
Location: Southbank Centre

A Christmas Carol, Mary Evans Picture Library

“there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”

With this in mind, join a merry gathering at Queen Elizabeth Hall on 15 December for a delightful reading of Charles Dickens' much-loved morality novel, A Christmas Carol. As part of their Winter Festival, the Southbank Centre is celebrating the 170th anniversary of the publication of this literary favourite, which will be narrated on the night by welsh comedian, writer and actor, Griff Rhys Jones . The formidable part of Scrooge will be read by Scottish actor and friend of Billy Connolly, Bill Paterson . With the all-star Brit cast including (amongst others) Freddie Fox, Tim Pigott-Smith and Janine Duvitski this looks set to be a lively (and unmissable) reading.

If the cold winter weather has left you feeling a little “Bah Humbug!” then the uplifting tale of Scrooge's transformation from a mean miser into a much merrier man is sure to warm your heart and raise your spirits. There will also be some pre-show carols courtesy of the the renowned quintet, Total Brass

Don't miss out – book now.

Tickets: £10 - £12

Address & Map: Southbank Centre, Belvedere Rd, SE1 8XX ‎

Nearest Tube: Waterloo

What	A Christmas Carol, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Where	Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX \| MAP
When	On 15 Dec 13, 7pm
Price
Website	Click here to book via the Southbank Centre

Practical

DINNER ON THE SOUTHBANK

There's plenty of dinner options on the riverbank, expect the usual generic suspects: Giraffe, Le Pain, Wahaca, Ping Pong, Wagamama, yawn. The BFI has two good bars and a restaurant ; they're always a-buzz, so be prepared to elbow-jab your way to a table. If you can face the 10 minute walk, the Anchor and Hope gastropub on The Cut is exceptional (you may have to wait at the bar with a bottle of wine. We assure you it's worth it).

Crossing the river

GORDONS

Another option is to cross Hungerford Bridge walkway, by the Royal Festival Hall (look out for the beautiful girl who plays the electric-mandolin, and also the skateboard graveyard on the right about halfway along). Go through Embankment station, walk up Villiers Street and Gordon's -everyone's favourite wine-cave- is on your right, slightly hidden. Beware city boys on weekdays, but you can always buy a candlelit reading fromJoseph Marinus: ten minutes with resident Villiers St poet is a good antidote to all that money talk.

The Venue

QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL

With 900 seats, the coyly brutalist Queen Elizabeth Hall is the second largest space within the Southbank Centre. One of London's top performance spaces, it opened in 1967 to complement the existing Royal Festival Hall, along with the smaller Purcell Room. It means much to many: while the hall itseld houses the higher-profile events in the Southbank calendar, its undercroft is the much-loved home of a skating community, who claimed a graffiti-drenched recess in the 70s (and are still there today, despite the best efforts of retail site developers).

A Christmas Carol, Queen Elizabeth Hall

“there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.”