A Christmas Carol with Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser brings A Christmas Carol to Lincoln Cathedral on Monday 23 November, a candlelit one-man show of Charles Dickens' classic. It's a storytelling evening rather than a full cast production: Lesser takes the whole thing himself, narrating the story and playing the characters, with live music from members of the Orchestra of the Swan performed on stage throughout.

Lesser is well-known from stage and screen, with credits including Wolf Hall, Endeavour, Game of Thrones and Disney's Andor. He's got a particular history with Dickens, too: he's read all of the author's works for audio and starred in the BBC's Dickensian, so he's spent a fair amount of time inside these stories. This production weaves that storytelling together with the live music, with the Orchestra of the Swan members playing alongside him rather than tucked away in a pit.

The music is arranged and directed by David Le Page, and the whole show is directed by Judy Reaves. Between the two of them, they've shaped how the story and the score sit together, with the music running through the evening as Lesser works his way through the characters.

It's a candlelit performance, so it'll be a bit of a different atmosphere from a standard theatre night. The show starts at 7:30pm at Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln, LN2 1PX.