A rousing standing ovation hailed Adrian Edmondson’s performance as Scrooge at the end of the RSC's triumphant revival of David Edgar’s festive adaptation.
Edmondson is now 40 years on from his often shocking arrival as the destructive force known as Vyvyan in The Young Ones – but his sense of comedic timing remains undiminished, as does his ability to ad-lib when required.
And he skilfully generates what is left of all that punkish aggression into a suitably mean-spirited portrayal of old miser Scrooge.
