Christmas Carol is going global! Join us for a live stream performance on December 20!
Manual Cinema and the Studebaker Theater present
Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol
LIVE STREAM EVENT
"ARTFULLY CRAFTED, BEAUTIFULLY ACTED . . . A MUST-SEE"  – Daily Herald
In this world premiere online event created for audiences of all ages, interdisciplinary performance collective Manual Cinema takes on Charles Dickens’s holiday classic with a visually and musically inventive adaptation made to broadcast directly to your home.
An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s famous Christmas cheer. From the isolation of her studio apartment, she reconstructs his annual Christmas Carol puppet show over a Zoom call while the family celebrates Christmas Eve under lockdown. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of the story, the puppets take on a life of their own, and the family’s call transforms into a stunning cinematic adaptation of Dickens’s classic ghost story. Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol is a live-performed, live-streamed event using hundreds of paper puppets, miniatures, silhouettes, and a live original score. The show is performed from the historic Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building in downtown Chicago, IL.
There will be a live Q&A with the creators after the show where audience members can submit questions.
For more info about the production visit this link.
$25: 1 viewer per household
$45: 2-3 viewers per household
$65: 4+ viewers per household
$100: Support Manual Cinema & The Studebaker Theater this holiday season!
Ticket purchase includes a STREAMING LINK for ONE (1) DEVICE.
VIEWING INSTRUCTIONS:
The performance is 70 minutes without an intermission.
Your streaming link will be sent TWO (2) DAYS prior to the event, via an email with the subject line .
Upon completion of purchase, you will receive an email with the subject line “Your Live Stream of Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol at the Studebaker Theater is coming up!"
The streaming link will be accessible within that email. On the day of the show, follow the link. There will be a countdown until the performance is ready to begin.
Each ticket type will receive one streaming link which can be viewed from one device at one showtime only. The different ticket types correspond to how many people are watching on that same screen at the same time. Please support us and purchase a ticket for each member of your household who watches the show, in the same way you would buy tickets for each individual attending the theater in person.
You can stream the show from a computer, tablet or mobile device. The stream works on any kind of computer, tablet or smartphone.
Dates and times
Sat Dec 20, 2025 - 7:30 PM
Save your virtual seat now and see Christmas Carol like you've never seen it before! December 20!