The more the merrier! Group shows for the Holiday Dinner Theatre welcome groups of 25 or more guests.
Gather friends, family, and co-workers to celebrate the season with us! Reservations for the dinner theatre must be made in advance through the group sales office by contacting Group Sales Manager, Nicole Boyer, at Nicole@PaRenFaire.com.
Learn more about the Public Holiday Dinner Theater Event
Eat, drink and be merry with these delicious Group Performance menu options! Please Note: Meal choice must be selected at the time of ticket purchase. If you or anyone in your group has allergies, please let your group leader know to inform us. No substitutions can be made day-of. Menu subject to change.
Enter Victorian Mount Hope Mansion, where Charles Dickens celebrates the merriment of the holiday season. The evening begins with a four-course Holiday dinner, crafted to be a feast fit for the most distinguished London gentry. Following dinner, join Mr. Dickens and his band of performers as they recount his most beloved tale, A Christmas Carol! Settle in to see if Scrooge can abandon his miserly ways. This interactive evening of fine dining and classic theatre is sure to fill you with Holiday cheer.
Sit back and enjoy the show as the cast performs some of your favorite classic stories in each of the festively decorated dining rooms. Guests will long remember this heart-warming experience.
Dickens is our host for the evening. He has traveled to the United States on a grand reading tour and has chosen to celebrate the holidays and ring in 1868 here at Mount Hope. Dickens is elated to be presenting his most beloved ghost story with some of the most celebrated actors of his day.
Known as Charles Mathews the Elder, Mathews was a famous actor of Dickens' time, known for his solo performances that blended monologues, songs, and short plays where he would play every role. He was also well known during his time for his gift of impersonation and skill at table entertainment. Charles Dickens is a great admirer of Mathews and incorporated some of his techniques into his own performances and amateur theatricals.
Field was a journalist, actress and campaigner for women's rights. Field was nothing short of legendary. The New York Tribune described her as 'one of the best-known women in America', while the Chicago Tribune called her 'the most unique woman the present century has produced'. She wrote for several prestigious newspapers; at the peak of her career, she was said to be a more prominent journalist than Twain. She knows Dickens well and is covering his American tour.
Ternan made her stage debut at the age of three, and she and her two sisters were presented as "infant phenomena". Ellen was considered the least theatrically gifted of the three sisters, but she worked extensively in the provinces. When Dickens saw Ellen perform at London's Haymarket Theatre, he invited her to join his telling of "A Christmas Carol" on his tour stop at Mount Hope.
