FANS of Charles Dickens’ festive fable, A Christmas Carol, have their usual huge choice of productions this year, but Dorset’s Artsreach is bringing a company to Dorset with a very different take on the story of Scrooge. Starting on Wednesday 3rd December at Royal Manor Theatre, Portland, the amusingly named Hah! Bumhug! is performed by Lecoq trained Ethel Darling, of the Lonely Clown Club, with live music by Julian Gaskell.

The four-date tour continues at Winfrith village hall on Thursday 4th at 7.30pm, Friday 5th at the Cecil Memorial Hall at Cranborne and Saturday 6th at Stalbridge hall, both at 7pm.

The show is a joyfully interactive, funny, festive retelling of a Christmas classic. We all know the Dickens tale A Christmas Carol, but did you ever wonder what happened after the ghosts had scarpered? Sure, Scrooge changed his miserly ways, but a certain kid grew up wanting more, more, MORE!

Time makes fools of us all and it’s turned Tim (don’t let him catch you calling him Tiny) into a naughty little boy … a cunning cat burglar out for his share of Ebenezer’s ill-gotten gains … not even the Ghost of Christmas Future saw this one coming.