On Friday 7th November, Quantum 
Theatre came to school and performed 
A Christmas Carol in the hall, offering 
students studying the festive favourite 
for GCSE the opportunity to watch a 
live performance of the story. It was a 
high energy, emotion-filled production, 
and will prove helpful when analysing 
the story in our studies. The play was 
conveyed by each of three actors 
perfectly, showing their character 
change over time.
A Christmas Carol is about a miser, 
Ebenezer Scrooge, a man who hates 
Christmas and everything about it. One 
night, he’s visited by three ghosts who 
take him through his past, present and 
future. In doing so, he learns how his 
actions have impacted other people 
and how meaningful it is to be giving 
and kind.
The actor who played Scrooge himself 
was totally suited for the part. He 
started off cold and angry making sick 
jokes about others’ misery. But little by 
little, as time went on, you could see 
the transformation. By the end of the 
play, he seemed a different man going 
past what even an ordinary civilian 
is expected to do: donating a full 
large turkey to a family and donating 
plenty to charity. The rest of the cast, 
only two other actors, were equally 
impressive and able to portray many 
different roles, keeping the audience 
captivated for the whole time. We 
also were introduced to background 
information by Mr Organ, that made 
the story’s purpose make sense. 
Charles Dickens, a boy with a troubled 
childhood, leaving school at 12 years 
old to work in a factory with a dad 
who was imprisoned for debt, wrote A 
Christmas Carol to raise awareness of 
the plight of the poor and to advocate 
for social change, believing that the 
rich had a responsibility to look after 
the poor.
The set was very well lit and presented 
a jolly atmosphere with constant carols 
being sung to welcome the time of 
Christmas. The timing with the actor 
switch arounds and their different 
gestures expanded Dickens’ world for 
us, transforming a book into a play 
despite the barriers that may be there 
because of reality’s limits.
Overall, Quantum Theatre’s A 
Christmas Carol was engaging and 
compelling. It found humour and the 
heart of the story both at the same 
time and strongly carried through 
the moral – that it’s never too late 
to change, but when you do, it’s 
important to be compassionate and 
generous.
Muhammad Ibrahim Year 10
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