Hardy planning one-man show for Lincoln Christmas

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John Hardy promises to get Lincoln Theatre patrons in the holiday spirit with a one-man show on Sunday, Dec. 10.

Tickets for Hardy’s “A Christmas Carol,” set for 3 p.m., are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors.

Hardy plays more than 40 roles in the iconic holiday show, never leaving the stage and never making a costume change, instead defining characters by variations in accents, speech patterns and physical traits.

“Most of the time when acting in a play or film, an actor has the job of creating one character, and that is difficult enough, but 40?” Hardy said. “It’s a big job, to say the least. That challenge is also the reason this production is a unique event. Even if an audience member has seen a previous production of ‘A Christmas Carol,’ they have not seen it done like this.