FESTIVE music driving you mad already?

Does battling the shopping crowds sending you into a right festive frenzy?

Then the Worcester Repertory Company’s latest offering might just be the seasonal ticket.

A spokesman said: "Ebenezers will be welcomed to Bah Humbug!, a brand new bitter-sweet comedy that brings a modern twist to the Scrooge story.

"Written and directed by Worcester Rep Artistic Director Chris Jaeger, Bah Humbug! tells the story of Keith, a wealthy businessman who finds himself all alone on Christmas Eve; just the way he likes it.

"He couldn’t care less about Christmas. He hates it, in fact. Loathes the whole jingle-belling thing. But when he awakes to find a young woman in his flat, with no idea who she is, how she got there, or what she wants, it seems that Christmas may turn out a little differently this year.

"Who is this woman named ‘Carol’ and how does she know so much about him and his family? With ghosts of his past looming, could this stranger in his present alter the course of his future?"

The spokesman added: "So, it’s yet another re-vamp for Dickens’ firm festive favourite; but this tale as old as time still seems to hold relevance, and even the most miserly of Scrooges can’t help but love it. "

Jaeger said: “We always try to offer an alternative to pantomime at Christmas – panto isn’t everyone’s bag after all – but we still like to keep it feeling Christmassy. And what tale epitomises the festive season more than Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol?

Catch up with Bah Humbug! this evening, and Saturday, December 15 and from December 18 to December 22 at the Swan Theatre Vesta Tilley Studio.

For tickets call 01905 611427 or visit www.worcesterlive.co.uk