A performer in a top hat and plaid scarf crouches in swirling stage fog, peering through a magnifying glass on a dim, lamplit city set.

Marylebone Theatre2024

A Sherlock Carol

The Production

DEM Productions’ third festive London season of Mark Shanahan’s A Sherlock Carol played at Marylebone Theatre from 29 November 2024 to 5 January 2025, uniting Dickens and Conan Doyle in a seasonal detective comedy starring Ben Caplan as Sherlock Holmes and Kammy Darweish as Ebenezer Scrooge.

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Director: Mark Shanahan
Associate Director: Alexandra Sumner-Hughes
Lighting Design: Rui Rita
Set Design: Anna Louizos
Costume Design: Linda Cho
Sound Design: John Gromada
Commissioned by: Deus Ex Machina Productions (DEM Productions)
Photography: Steve Gregson

An empty stage framed by an ornate golden proscenium shows a lamppost before a blue city-silhouette backdrop, with streetlamp structures and angled beams of light.

A woman sits alone among blue theatre seats, turned back over her shoulder in low, moody light.

Two performers stand very close, facing each other intently, against a blue city-silhouette backdrop.

A suited performer stands in the foreground under cool blue light while another performer in a coat and plaid scarf watches from behind, holding a hat.

A performer in a red Victorian-style dress and bonnet stands beside a painted set wall, lit dramatically against a dark stage.

A performer in a red suit and black hat holds a lantern aloft while raising one finger, wearing a curled mustache and an animated expression.

Two performers sit at the front of a blue-lit street set while a third stands in the distance beneath glowing streetlamps.

A performer in a teal period gown gestures outward with a gloved hand, wearing a jeweled necklace under vivid theatrical lighting.

A lone performer in a dark coat and plaid scarf stands in a tight white spotlight, pipe in mouth, before a shadowy city backdrop.

A man in a dark coat, bowler hat, plaid scarf, and checked trousers sits on a wooden crate under cool blue stage lighting, looking thoughtfully to the side.

An older performer in a blond wig, shawl, and white apron leans forward with a magnifying glass in front of a Christmas-wreathed wooden door, warmly lit.

A man in a top hat with holly, dark coat, red plaid scarf, and white gloves raises one hand in alarm under stark spotlight against a black stage.

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