
A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story Tickets
Experience a spine-tingling Christmas with Mark Gatiss's A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story!This production is suitable for ages 12+
Performance dates
22 November 2025 - 4 January 2026
Run time: 2 hours 10 minutes
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A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story London tickets
There’s a chill in the air, maybe it’s just the weather, or maybe it’s something a bit more sinister… Following a critically acclaimed 2023 run, Mark Gatiss’s retelling of Dickens’s winter ghost story returns to haunt the Alexandra Palace this Christmas.
About A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen, Sherlock) has transformed this classic holiday tale of redemption and goodwill into an eerie spine-chilling story.
On a frozen Christmas Eve miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge is shocked by an unexpected visit from the apparition of his long dead former business partner Jacob Marley. Wrapped in chains for the rest of eternity as his punishment for a lifetime of greed, the ghostly figure implores Scrooge to change his mean-spirited and penny-pinching ways if he has any hope of escaping the same fate. But before that can happen he’ll have to face three more eerie encounters…
This retelling of Dickens’ classic winter ghost story is filled with Dickensian, spine-tingling special effects. Prepare to be frightened and delighted in equal measure as you enter the supernatural Victorian world of A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story.
It’s worth the applause!
- ***** “Irresistibly theatrical! Mark Gatiss’s fabulous take on Dickens” - Daily Telegraph
- **** “In the hands of Gatiss, Dickens’s festive tale banishes all thoughts of bah, humbug” - Evening Standard
- **** “A spooky twist on the Dickens classic” - WhatsOnStage
- “Alexandra Palace’s ruin-lust theatre is the perfect raddled backdrop - Time Out
- Frozen in time with beautifully preserved original features, Alexandra Palace Theatre provides the perfect setting to enjoy one of the most famous and beloved Christmas stories ever told.
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Keith Allen and Peter Forbes to star in A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story
Just call us the ghost of Christmas presents, because do we have a gift for you! Yes, we have *just* entered September, but we’ve already spied boxes of charity cards sporting robins and snowmen, and have seen (okay bought all the) Quality Street tins line the shops shelves, so it’s basically Christmas now, right? …Right? The holiday months have always been our favourite time of year, and with today’s announcement, it may now just be yours too!
It has today been confirmed that Keith Allen (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Robin Hood) and Peter Forbes (Follies) will be haunting Alexandra Palace in Mark Gatiss’ adaptation of A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story. The spine-tingling take on Dicken’s classic will be serving supernatural thrills from 24 November 2023 to 7 January 2024. So, take off your nightcap and gown, and make your way down to the 19th-century building for a truly spooktacular night. BOO!k your tickets now.
5 Sep, 2023 | By Sian McBride

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First Look: A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story production images released!
Mark Gatiss has transformed Dicken’s classic holiday tale from the usual heart-warming tale we know and love into an eerie, thrilling adventure. This retelling is now performing at London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre for a limited festive season. Tickets for A Christmas Carol – A Ghost Story are booking until 9 January 2022. Check out the newly released production images in our gallery below.
3 Dec, 2021 | By Jade Ali
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