"Oh, but he was a squeezing, wrenching, scraping, grasping kind of a Scrooge; a clutching, covetous old sinner..."

Using only Charles Dickens' extraordinary words, Neil Bartlett's A Christmas Carol is a bold theatrical re-imagining of a classic Christmas story.

Bishopstoke Players' latest production is being staged until tomorrow night at the Memorial Hall, Bishopstoke.

Proceeds will be donated to Action for Children.

Tickets from bishopstokeplayers.org, 023 8069 3032, email bishplayers@btinternet.com, or at the door.