Stage star: Andrew Lincoln as Ebenezer Scrooge
(Picture: PA)The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln will play Scrooge in a special live-streamed stage version of A Christmas Carol.
It is the fourth year the show, adapted by writer Jack Thorne from Charles Dickens’ festive classic, has been performed at the Waterloo venue.
Director Matthew Warchus said: ‘When I began my job as Artistic Director five years ago I boldly (naively) put up a neon sign in the lobby radiating Lilian Baylis’ favourite quote – 'Dare, Always Dare’.
" With those galvanising words ringing in our ears, I am delighted to announce that Andrew Lincoln has joined us in what must surely be one of the most ambitious and complex pieces of live streamed theatre attempted in the pandemic so far.
“The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol has moved and entertained over a quarter of a million people in London and New York over the last three Christmases and we made a pledge last spring that we would still present it, in some form or other, even in this most challenging of years."
Warchus said he hoped the show, set to run from December 12 to 24, would break even but any profits it does make will help fund the theatre’s charity work.
The theatre is also offering a free viewing of the show to care homes around the country as well as all state schools in the boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark,
