Little Dickens
Schedule
Tue Dec 02 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:15 pm
UTC-08:00Location
1291 Gladstone Avenue, Victoria, BC, Canada, British Columbia V8T 1G5 | Victoria, BC
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"risqué and riotously hilarious" Toronto Star"Hysterically funny and often very naughty," Montreal Gazette
"Burkett is a legend of Canadian Theatre…a total force" Intermission
In Ronnie Burkett’s Little Dickens, the cast of The Daisy Theatre take on the beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, in the merriest marionette mash-up ever.
Faded Daisy diva, Esmé Massengill, plays the role of miserly, drunken, bitter Esmé Scrooge, in this Burkett-esque retelling of the Dickens classic.
As always with an improvised Daisy show, there is no set script, and in the journey of Esmé Scrooge toward redemption, she encounters all the Daisy favourites portraying Dickens’ familiar characters.
In keeping with the vaudeville show theme of The Daisy Theatre, popular Christmas songs will feature in a burlesque opening, sultry jazz solos, and the merriment of Fezziwig’s party.
A raucous, adults-only holiday treat, Little Dickens holds true to the heart of A Christmas Carol by featuring The Daisy Theatre’s most iconic and beloved character, Schnitzel, as Tiny Tim.
It’s an R-rated affair, strictly for audiences 16 and older.
Ronnie Burkett is a one-of-a-kind—a national treasure. He mesmerizes and amazes me every time I see his work—! As a Christmas Carol aficionado—this is a version I could never have imagined—it’s wild and out-of-control. Half the fun is watching Ronnie work his magic, the other half is enjoying the shock of this irreverent, lascivious circus—! Michael Shamata
Pay-what-you-want tickets available for all performances.
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