To celebrate the Old Fire Station’s brand new Christmas show, A Christmas Carol Continues, we’ve teamed up with the TORCH Rent Cultures Network to explore a very particular kind of Victorian drama: plays about precarious living arrangements, landlords and landladies, and what it means to rent, own, or share space.
Tickets are £5 - book here.
What did tenancy look like in the Victorian era? How has it changed since then? And what would Scrooge and the original readers of A Christmas Carol have thought about the issues that face us now?
These playwrights were some of the most popular cultural figures of the time, and their characters were household names. Their plays are funny, angry, moving, and politically conscious in turn – they use the stage to ask fundamental questions about the way we define ‘home’. We’ll introduce the two most influential forms of Victorian theatre – melodrama and farce – and will also feature an 1844 adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
Join us for a free glass of mulled wine and a mince pie (non-alcoholic and gluten free options available!), to see scenes brought to life by professional actors, and explore what these plays can tell us about renting in the 21st Century.
