Kelt Eccleston keeps very busy during A Sentimental Christmas Carol (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThat\u2019s what Christmas is all about, right? Being better people, learning from our mistakes over the year, coming together with our family and friends, and loving the ones in our lives. The whole performance is about personal growth, and the play won\u2019t vary too much from Dickens\u2019 story, according to Eccleston.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want people to kind of reflect on themselves, because the story is really just about being a better person,\u201d says Eccleston. \u201cI kind of stay away from watching movies of A Christmas Carol<\/i> because it gets all about the ghosts and it gets sensational. And this script is not sensational. This script actually stays quite close to the Dickens version.\u201d<\/p>\n
The classic holiday story also shows us that no matter how far down we go, there\u2019s always hope for redemption. Eccleston will be a character that we can relate to because we all have a dark side; we will be able to love and grow with him, he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s more about looking at your fellow man, because the character of Scrooge is kind of an everyman, in a way. He\u2019s kind of the dark side of humanity,\u201d says Eccleston. \u201cIt\u2019s about greed, and capitalism, and all that, and how dark that can be, and how isolated that can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seeing how the character of Scrooge changes, and how he reflects on his mistakes, will help us see our own faults and make this Christmas a more meaningful one. After all, doesn\u2019t everyone want to be a more giving person?<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd at the end, to see how he\u2019s such a changed man, and he comes to that conclusion not so much because he\u2019s scared out of his wits, but because he gets a chance to actually reflect on his life and realize the mistakes he has made, and at the end he is a better person,\u201d says Eccleston.<\/p>\n
Eccleston says he and the symphony hope the production makes attendees feel good and feel closer to their community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith classical music, and the symphony being so amazing, I think it will really have an effect on the audience,\u201d says Eccleston. \u201cIt will be a great holiday experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
A Sentimental Christmas Carol
\n<\/i>8 pm Friday, December 12 and Saturday, December 13; 2 pm Sunday December 14
\n$30 and up, Royal Theatre
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