{"id":5598,"date":"2026-10-05T14:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2026-10-07T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T14:11:14","slug":"dickens-christmas-carol-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/dickens-christmas-carol-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 18th December 2026 – 1PM-2.30PM – Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol \u2013 with West End Actor Gary Cordice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Come and experience Charles Dickens\u2019 immortal Christmas story A Christmas Carol<\/strong>, brought vividly to life in the historic surroundings of St Olave Hart Street – what Dickens described as his ‘best beloved churchyard!’

West End actor and singer Gary Cordice<\/strong> takes us on Scrooge\u2019s extraordinary journey through Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, bringing to life Ebenezer Scrooge, the Cratchit family, the Three Spirits<\/strong> and a host of other much-loved characters.

Blending dramatic storytelling, characterisation and song<\/strong>, Gary’s one-man performance captures the humour, humanity and enduring message of Dickens\u2019 great Christmas tale.

Gary is a seasoned professional actor and singer whose West End credits include Starlight Express, The Lion King<\/strong> and Five Guys Named Moe<\/strong>. He is also a writer and composer, with his new one-man play, Mislike Me Not, For the Benefit of Samuel Morgan Smith<\/em>, due to premiere in 2027.

And what could be more Christmassy than Dickens in one of the City of London\u2019s most atmospheric historic churches?

Join us at St Olave\u2019s for an evening of ghosts, redemption and Christmas cheer \u2014 accompanied, of course, by mince pies and mulled wine<\/strong>.

Come and have your spirits cheered and your heart warmed by one of the greatest Christmas stories ever told.

Tickets \u00a310 are available now at this link.<\/a><\/strong> Don’t miss out!
<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Come and experience Charles Dickens\u2019 immortal Christmas story A Christmas Carol, brought vividly to life in the historic surroundings of St Olave Hart Street – what Dickens described as his ‘best beloved churchyard!’ West End actor and singer Gary Cordice takes us on Scrooge\u2019s extraordinary journey through Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come, bringing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ofc_meta_disable_footer_callout":"","ofc_meta_callout_button_url":"","ofc_meta_callout_button_txt":"","ofc_meta_callout_text":"","ofc_enable_fullscreen":"disable","ofc_fullscreen_speed":0,"ofc_fullscreen_nav":"enable","ofc_fullscreen_nav_pos":"right","ofc_fullscreen_nav_color":"","ofc_fullscreen_nav_tooltip_color":"","ofc_fullscreen_responsive":0,"osp_disable_panel":"default","osh_disable_topbar_sticky":"default","osh_disable_header_sticky":"default","osh_sticky_header_style":"default","osh_sticky_header_effect":"","osh_custom_sticky_logo":0,"osh_custom_retina_sticky_logo":0,"osh_custom_sticky_logo_height":0,"osh_background_color":"","osh_links_color":"","osh_links_hover_color":"","osh_links_active_color":"","osh_links_bg_color":"","osh_links_hover_bg_color":"","osh_links_active_bg_color":"","osh_menu_social_links_color":"","osh_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[705,699,50,701,707,700,702,696,69,614,697,695,703,595,16,706,698],"class_list":["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-on","tag-a-christmas-carol","tag-charles-dickens","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-2026","tag-christmas-at-st-olaves","tag-christmas-events-london","tag-christmas-in-london","tag-christmas-theatre","tag-city-of-london","tag-city-of-london-events","tag-dickens","tag-festive-events-london","tag-gary-cordice","tag-london-churches","tag-st-olave-hart-street","tag-theatre-in-london","tag-things-to-do-in-london","entry","has-media"],"categories_names":["What's On"],"post_class":[["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-on","tag-a-christmas-carol","tag-charles-dickens","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-2026","tag-christmas-at-st-olaves","tag-christmas-events-london","tag-christmas-in-london","tag-christmas-theatre","tag-city-of-london","tag-city-of-london-events","tag-dickens","tag-festive-events-london","tag-gary-cordice","tag-london-churches","tag-st-olave-hart-street","tag-theatre-in-london","tag-things-to-do-in-london","entry","has-media"]],"author_avatar":[""],"featured_video":null,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-12-18 14:30:00","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[11],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5598"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5675,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions\/5675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintolave.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}