Theatre Of The Dales

Three short plays, one funny, one touching, one mysterious, feature in Theatre of the Dales' revival of Three Cheers For Christmas.

It's Christmas Eve. Mak wants to steal a sheep from the three shepherds. Amahl wants to follow the three kings to Bethlehem. And Ebenezer (who only wants to be left alone) will be led by three spirits through London tonight and wake in the morning a different man.

David Robertson has adapted a medieval Wakefield mystery play and woven it into Carlo Menotti's storyline for the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors to form a companion piece to the Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol.

The two-hour family show will also tour Swaledale, Wharfedale and Ribblesdale, in addition to the two performances at Heart.