With the sonorous chimes of Big Ben, director Amy Hodge's A Christmas Carol slinks on to the stage of Sherman Cymru.
Looking the part with a set of frankly oversized machinery, the extraordinarily well-known tale enjoys a low-key introduction with ghostly Jacob Marley - in chains of course - expounding nicely.
More unexpected is Mark Frost's boyish Ebenezer Scrooge, but shaving off a few years from the old chap just adds extra vim to the show.
The Ghost of Christmas Past paints Scrooge's life to date perfectly with highlight song The System Works - "the system that made me," as Scrooge has it.
The arrival of a camp, gaudy and rather bawdy Ghost of Christmas Present is a shock to the senses, but clearly makes the event more pantomime, to the delight of the children in attendance.
Regardless, the quiet epiphany of Scrooge and the requisite festive ending brings it all reassuringly home.
Runs until January 9. Box office: (029) 2064-6900.
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