

Mark’s other writing credits for television include episodes of Nighty Night (2004 – 2005) Crooked House (2008), two episodes of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, his adaptation of HG Wells’ The show has won a total of nine Emmys and twelve BAFTAs across its four series.
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Mark is the co-creator and executive producer of Sherlock, the hit BBC series starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman which has seen unprecedented global success and in which he also plays Sherlock’s brother Genesis of the series as part of the show’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2013. He was also the writer and executive producer of An Adventure in Space and Time, a 90-minute dramatisation of the He had a childhood passion for Doctor Who and both wrote for and starred in the modern revival.

His early success on television was as part of the comedy troupe The League of Gentlemen, for which he both wrote and appeared onscreen as various characters. Mark Gatiss has had a long and varied career as a writer, director and producer behind the camera, as well as being a critically-acclaimed actor and published author. Experience this classic story, in the haunting surroundings of this old theatre, filled with memories and the ghosts of the past.Ī Christmas Carol is originally produced by Nottingham Playhouse where it runs 29th October - 20th November Bound in chains as punishment for a lifetime of greed, the unearthly figure explains it isn’t too lateįor Scrooge to change his miserly ways in order to escape the same fate, but first he’ll have to face three more eerie encounters…Īfter being locked up for decades, the beautiful Alexandra Palace Theatre has recently been restored and reopened. It’s a cold Christmas Eve and mean-spirited miser Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visit from the spirit of his former business partner Jacob Marley. Filled with Dickensian, spine-tingling special effects, prepare to be frightened and delighted in equal measure as you enter the supernatural Victorian world of A Christmas Carol. Mark Gatiss ( Dracula, The League of Gentlemen, Doctor Who) stars as Jacob Marley in his own retelling of Dickens’ classic winter ghost story alongside Nicholas Farrell ( Chariots of Fire, The Crown, The Iron Lady and 37 Days)Īs Scrooge.
