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We are an arts and education charity set up to establish a yearly Dickensian Christmas Festival in Malton, to champion Charles Dickens most famous work, ‘A Christmas Carol‘.
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A big thank you!
The Malton Dickensian Festival would like to say a BIG thank you to supporters of the 2017 festival this year. The Samuel Storey Family Charitable Trust Malton CIC Crombie Wilkinson Norton Town Council Malton Town Council The North Yorkshire Music Hub The volunteers of the Charles Dickens Society of Malton The volunteers of the Milton… Read More
The Big Sing, 8th December, lunchtime, FREE event
Please come to a free event this Friday 8th December, 1pm-2.30pm at The Milton Rooms in Malton. The children’s Big Sing! Local school children singing their favourite carols. Thank you to our sponsors Crombie Wilkinson Solicitors. Read More
Christmas Carol Gala, Sunday 10th December
The Malton Dickensian Festival proudly presents our ‘Christmas Carol Gala’ on Sunday 10th, from 1.30 pm (doors open 1pm) Visitors to the Sunday lunch time Christmas gala at the Milton Rooms on the 10th December will experience two contrasting versions of Charles Dickens Classic ‘A Christmas Carol’. First, Brian Oxberry of the Dickens (Malton) Society… Read More
Scrooges Counting House Opening Times
Scrooge Counting House Museum in Malton will be open every Saturday in December 2017, from 10am to 1pm. On Saturday 9th December there will be a special performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’ in Scrooge’s office, at 2pm and 3pm. Donations welcome. The Counting House Chancery Lane Market Place Malton YO17 7AW Read More
Dickens and Christmas
On Sunday 17 December, Miriam Margolyes and Lucinda Hawksley will take a look at what it would have been like to take part in a real Dickensian Christmas. Together, they will explore how Charles Dickens affected and shaped the way the festive season evolved, looking at his Christmas books, his short stories and at the… Read More
Exclusive Film Screening & QA with Miriam Margolyes
The Malton Dickensian Festival is delighted to bring you an exclusive film screening of ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ on 16th December, 4.30pm at The Palace Cinema in Malton. This will take place at the Palace Cinema in Malton with an audience Q&A with Miriam afterwards. Tickets £12 + Booking Fee. To book call 01653… Read More
Festival Programme 2017
We are pleased to announce our festival programme for 2017 -8th December lunchtime BIG SING local primary school children will be performing festive songs at The Milton Rooms. -9th December Victorian Street Theatre and horse and carriage rides in Malton -10th December lunchtime performance at the Milton Rooms of Penny Plain Street Theatre Christmas readings,… Read More
A message from our Patron, Selina Scott
Unbeknown to many, while A Christmas Carol was set in the fog of London, it was actually the swirling mists of Malton, near York, and a young lawyer from the town, that inspired Dickens to create his haunting tale. Still a struggling writer, Dickens met Charles Smithson when he was working for a firm of… Read More
We are looking for Sponsors for 2017
Contact Festival Director, Clair Challenor-Chadwick for more information, [email protected] 07531948014 Read More
Tributes to Festival Founder, Stephen Joll
TRIBUTES have been paid to a businessman who helped lead the campaign to buy a rare 1844 edition of ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Malton. Stephen Joll, who was 69 and lived in Scagglethorpe, passed away in February 2017 following a battle with cancer. Born in Barnsley, Stephen grew up in a butchers and was put to… Read More
Miriam Margolyes interview by Lucinda Hawksley
This December, I have the great pleasure of returning to the Malton Dickens Festival alongside ardent Dickens-lover Miriam Margolyes, so I caught up with her to find out what she’s been up to since last year’s festival. At the start of this year, the whole country was entranced when Miriam stepped out of her famous… Read More
About ‘A Christmas Carol’
The Malton Dickensian Festival annually celebrates, ‘A Christmas Carol.’ From the Muppets to Mickey Mouse, to Bill Murray’s Scrooged and Jim Carey’s animation, A Christmas Carol has endured on our TV and movie screens! Charles Dickens’ classic story of a time travelling pensioner who sees dead people, is a festive fairy tale which has itself… Read More