Events Calendar
Saturday 21 December, 1:00 pm
CANCELLED: Live Concert: A Christmas Carol (LMP Friends Lunchtime Special)
A Christmas Carol
London Mozart Players String Trio
Nicoline Kraamwinkel violin
Sebastian Comberti cello
Julian Rolton piano
Tama Matheson narrator
Chorister Quartet from Trinity School Croydon
Festive seasons past, present and future combine in this seasonal treat as Charles Dickens gives a dramatic re-telling of his classic tale: ‘A Christmas Carol’. In this exciting adaptation, actor Tama Matheson breathes fresh life into Dickens who takes to the stage to tell his moving morality tale of Scrooge, Marley, Tiny Tim and all those Christmas ghosts, accompanied by an atmospheric soundscape of Christmas carols performed a string trio from the London Mozart Players and a quartet from Trinity School London.
By turns gloriously funny, sad, joyous and heart-rending, this evocative blend of carols and drama captures the wonder, pathos and sheer spookiness of this Christmas classic. It’s the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit!
The musical backdrop to the story is provided by a piano trio made up of LMP players. Nicoline Kraamwinkel (violin), Sebastian Comberti (cello) and Julian Rolton (piano), and a quartet of choristers from Trinity School, who will set the scene for the play with some of the most loved Christmas Carols such as O Holy Night and Good King Wenceslas.
Tama Matheson and LMP were recently shortlisted for an RPS Award for Tama’s lyric-drama performance on Tchaikovsky, Bright Stars Shone for Us. Tama continues his brilliant storytelling in this performance of A Christmas Carol, which has had two years running of sell-out performances in the Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall, and in the Savvy Theatre at Fairfield Halls.
Tama has written and performed seven plays, including Ben (about Benjamin Britten), Bright Stars Shone for Us (about Tchaikovsky, and recently performed with the LMP at the Wimbledon Int. Music Festival in 2019), Panufnik – his Quest for Peace (to be performed with pianist Clare Hammond in 2021), and his own adaptations of A Christmas Carol and Christmas Fairy Tales. He has also recorded his Christmas Carol for 4MBS radio in Australia, where it is plays every year. Tama presents most of his lyric drama work, productions and collaborations under the name POESIS Production.
Tama has received several awards as both director and actor (Matilda Awards, Green Room Awards, Del Arte Charts). As an opera director, Tama has worked all over the world, including the Sydney Opera House, Oper Graz, Houston Grand Opera, Melbourne and Perth and South Australian Opera. He has also worked at Covent Garden, The Mariinsky Theatre, Teatro Real, Madrid, and Baden Baden Opera. As a theatre director, he has worked extensively in Australia as well as in London. www.tamamatheson.com / www.poesis.co.uk
Tickets: £65 (includes the concert, a glass of prosecco and a two course Saturday-roast)
Lunch at 1:00pm, followed by the concert at 2:30