Vancouver’s newest theater company, Ekklesia Theatre, takes to the boards this December with Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Vancouver Christmas Show!, written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. This cheeky, family-friendly retelling of Charles’ Dickens A Christmas Carol features five actors playing over 30 characters, with plenty of laughs and local references.

The San Diego Union-Tribune has called it “eighty-five zippy, intermission-free minutes of festive escapism,” and BroadwayWorld reported that “a story about transformation has found itself transformed into this clever, high energy show … a concentrated shot of holiday fun and festivity.” New Hope Free Press crowed, “The whole show is a delight. It is a theater lover’s dream. The focus becomes so singular that you are enthralled by the craftsmanship of playwright, director, and actors.”