Chritmas Carol (2002)

In Tim Pigott-Smith, the production has the perfect Scrooge. Lyn Gardner/The Guardian

More fool than villain, Tim Pigott-Smith is never ingratiating, and he succeeds in making your heart crack for a man it is impossible to really like.

Tim Pigott-Smith makes a really marvellous Ebenezer. John Martland/The Stage

Tim Pigott-Smith is a fine Scrooge. Robert Hewitson/The Sunday Times

Tim Pigott-Smith is a perfect Scrooge. Susannah Clapp/The Observer

Tim Pigott-Smith’s screwed up Scrooge takes misery to the max, and makes the transformation from gloomy counting house grouch to beaming beneficence a joy to behold. When his Scrooge dances with joy and whoops “I’m a baby!” you feel re-born as well. What’s On

Holding it together is a superb Tim Pigott-Smith, utterly miserable and able to convey the full transformative power of his Christmas visions. Metro London

The children were in hysterics. Georgina Brown/Mail on Sunday