A Christmas Carol reimagined as a story trail projected in silhouette across the windows of town centre businesses, with light installations in the Market Vaults.
A Christmas Carol & Scarborough Ghosts opens at Scarborough Market Vaults on 12 November and runs through to 20 December. It's not a play in the usual sense — there's no stage to sit in front of. Instead, the story is told as a trail through the town centre, with A Christmas Carol appearing in silhouette across the windows of local businesses. You follow it through the streets as it unfolds, with the whole thing building towards Christmas Eve.
That trail runs alongside the wider Scarborough Lights project, which is what brings you into the Market Vaults. Inside, the vaults are filled with oversized versions of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future, brought to life with lighting and light-reactive paints. So you've got the story moving through the town on one hand, and the ghosts waiting in the vaults on the other.
There's a way to get involved too. Throughout the season, they're running workshops where you can make your own light-up mini installations, each one giving shape to a local Scarborough ghost story. If you've got a particular haunt or legend from around here in mind, that's where it comes in.
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It's a good one to stretch out over the weeks rather than doing in one go, since the story trail is designed to unfold across the town centre. It opens on 12 November and stays on until 20 December, so you've got plenty of time to work your way through it before the Christmas break.
