The Christmas Revels

This year's "Christmas Revels" features live performances through Thursday, Dec. 23 plus virtual viewings available beginning Thursday, Dec. 30 through Sunday, Jan. 9. Tickets can be purchased online.

The 51st "Christmas Revels" takes place in the present day at the George and Dragon, a 17th-century English pub famous for its annual Christmas carol party and saved from economic extinction by an American couple. Sadly for the carolers, last year’s celebration had to be canceled due to the pandemic. The regulars are looking forward to reestablishing the traditional sing-along, but the hiccup in tradition has disturbed the space/time continuum and triggered an audit by a fussy Revels bureaucrat from the 17th century. Along with his Elizabethan entourage he will be making an official visit to the 21st century to put things back in order.

Will the current managers of the George and Dragon be able to regain their license for revelry? What will Elizabethans think of the modern song list? What happens when music and dance from the Renaissance collides with the horn section of a pub band and the street-wise locals from the 21st century? In this telling of the story, old and new ways meet, and the world gets a little bigger. There is something here for everyone to enjoy!