Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol musical is coming to London
The new musical gets its European premiere
Dolly Parton's new musical Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol will get its European premiere this festive season with a run at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
Produced by Fiery Angel Entertainment and Red Tail Entertainment, the production will run from 8th December 2022 to 9th January 2023.
Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol will take the classic Charles Dickens tale to the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee in the 1930s with Ebenezer Scrooge the greedy owner of a mining company town. On Christmas eve he'll be visited by his late business partner who warns him that he will be visited by three ghosts who will compel him to take a brighter look on life.
The musical has music and lyrics by country music legend Dolly Parton and a book by David H. Bell.
Dolly said: “Bringing our reimagined Charles Dickens classic to London feels like a homecoming. My songs weave the music of my beautiful Smoky Mountains into this timeless Christmas story, and I can’t wait for London audiences to hear them as we tell that story, set in a place that is truly special to me.”
Tickets for Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol go on sale on 4th July 2022 and will be available from the musical's official website.
Check out some of Dolly Parton's greatest quotes:
"It's hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world."
Dolly Parton performing in 1976.
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
Dolly on stage.
"You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on. "
Dolly Parton on stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2014.
"You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try."
Dolly Parton and her Goddaughter Miley Cyrus on stage at the Grammy Awards in 2019.
"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving another one."
Dolly Parton and her former partner and mentor Porter Wagoner, who she wrote her hit 'I Will Always Love You' about.
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose."
Dolly performing on stage at the UK Country Music Festival.
"Never leave a rhinestone unturned."
Dolly Parton in a publicity shot for the film 'Rhinestone' in 1984.
"Life is short, keep your dreams big and your hair bigger."
Dolly Parton co-hosting the 57th Academy Of Country Music Awards in March 2022.
"When it comes to music or hair, crank up the volume!"
Dolly performed at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2022.
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