'A Christmas Carol Goes Horribly, Terribly Wrong'
Written & Directed by Kirsty Budding
It's back! Join the cast of our riotously funny Christmas comedy about a chaotic amateur theatre company staging a production of 'A Christmas Carol'. First performed by an adult cast, the play has been adapted over the years for young adult performers and continues to be an audience favourite in Canberra every Christmas.
Full of energy and humour, the play features a wide range of entertaining and memorable roles for performers. This production course is for Semester 2 2026 and will end in a theatre production at the 360-seat Overture Hall theatre in Weston.
Bursting with colourful characters, slapstick comedy, meta-theatrical chaos, and spectacular onstage mishaps, this farcical reimagining of Dickens’ classic "A Christmas Carol" is perfect for budding actors who love high-energy comedy and laugh-out-loud theatrical disasters. Expect collapsing professionalism, awkward improvisation, ghostly confusion, dramatic overacting, botched scene changes, rogue sound effects, and some of the most hilariously uncomfortable Christmas moments imaginable.
This production is for teen performers ages 12-19. Beginners and experienced teen performers are welcome.
How Do Auditions Work?
After enrolling in the course via this webpage, each performer needs to submit a video "audition" (instructions below).
All enrolled performers will receive a speaking role in this fun comedic production, so the video "audition" is really to introduce yourself to the director and to help the director see which part/s might suit you best. The director assigns roles after the first class based on
- video audition and
- observation of scene work involving all performers during Class 1.
NEXT STEPS (AFTER ENROLLING IN THE COURSE):
1. DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT!
CLICK HERE to download the first two scenes from the script.
2. Choose a minimum of two characters and a maximum of five characters. Film yourself playing each character with someone else reading the other lines off camera. The length of each character read should be minimum of half a page and maximum of one page of dialogue E.g. if you want to audition as the Stage Mum, you might choose the section of dialogue on Page 8 where she has significant lines.
3. LABEL your videos with your FULL NAME and the CHARACTER NAME.
4. Submit your video audition TO THIS DROPBOX by 10pm Saturday 1st August 2026.
That's it! Easy!
HAVE FUN making your video/s and good luck!
SEMESTER 2 2026 CLASS DATES
Venue: Playing Field Studio, Barry Drive, Acton
TERM 3 2026 CLASS DATES & TIMES: 4pm-5pm
Sunday 2nd August (end of Week 2, ACT school term)
Sunday 9th August
Sunday 16th August
Sunday 23rd August
Sunday 30th August
Sunday 6th September
Sunday 13th September
Students must learn all lines over the holidays and be "off book" on return.
TERM 4 2026 CLASS DATES & TIMES: 4pm-5pm
Sunday 18th October (end of Week 1, ACT school term)
Sunday 25th October
Sunday 1st November
Sunday 8th November
Sunday 15th November
Sunday 22nd November
Sunday 29th November (extended 4pmpm-5.30pm)
Sunday 6th December (extended 4pmpm-5.30pm)
FINAL SHOW! (plus tech-dress rehearsal)
7.30pm Sunday 13th December 2026
The Overture Hall, grounds of Orana Steiner School, Weston
Join us on the red carpet for photos before or after the show!
Show tickets are $15/$20
A Christmas Carol Goes Horribly, Terribly Wrong
2026 fees: $399.50 per term (total semester fee $799).
Making quality theatre courses accessible: you have the option to pay the full fee up front or pay in instalments.
To pay the full fee, please complete the form on this webpage below.
ENROL HERE!
