LIVING Spit is back to start your Christmas with a cracker of a twist on the traditional tale of A Christmas Carol.

Hard-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge hates the season of goodwill. Tonight, at 8pm at Bridport Arts Centre and tomorrow at 8pm at Dorchester Corn Exchange and on Saturday at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, he'll have a visit from three ghosts to make him rethink his miserable ways and turn his wicked life upside down.

We all know the story. Many of us have seen the films. But who’s the best Scrooge of all time? Albert Finney? Alistair Sim? Patrick Stewart?

You're yet to witness actor Howard Coggins’s unique take on the eponymous anti-hero of Dickens’ festive masterpiece.

Organisers said like a coiled spring he waits in the wings, ready to take up the mantle and give the performance of his career as the mean Ebenezer Scrooge. Howard has brought Stu McLoughlin along for the ride to dress up, sing and dance whilst playing all the other parts.

With silly songs, pitiful puppetry and Dickensian daftness, Living Spit’s Christmas Carol promises to be a feast of festive foolery that you will never forget.

Contact the relevant theatre for tickets.