That a tale confronting society's most pernicious evils, giving poverty a human face and desperation a voice, should become a cornerstone of the British festive experience is perhaps unexpected: testimony either to the moral deviance of the general public, or alternatively to Charles Dickens' peerless skill as a writer. Personally I'm inclined toward the latter, and judging by the massed hordes at the Arts Theatre on…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:43PM on December 11, 2011