This December, Echo Two at the Echo Arena Liverpool has a grown up festive treat in store for theatre lovers when the only Christmas-themed show in town, Dreaming of a Barry White Christmas, premieres at the venue from Tuesday 17th – Saturday 21st December 2013.
The first ever Christmas show from renowned Liverpool playwright Dave Kirby, whose hilarious hit shows include, Lost Soul, Council Depot Blues, Reds and Blues and Brick up the Mersey Tunnels, Dreaming of a Barry White Christmas promises to be the perfect way to spice up the festive period!
Described as a ‘Scouse Scrooge’ comedy play and crammed full with original classic hits from soul legend Barry White including Love’s Theme, Can’t Get enough of your Love Babe and It May Be Winter Outside plus other huge 70’s numbers, Dreaming of a Barry White Christmas is the coolest and funniest comedy of the season!
The show, which is not only written but also directed by Dave Kirby, stars Liverpool’s most prestigious home grown talent – Andrew Schofield (Brick Up The Mersey Tunnels, Lost Soul, Reds and Blues, Blood Brothers), Alan Stocks (Reds and Blues, Scouse Pacific, Little Scouse on the Prairie), Paul Duckworth (Reds and Blues, Scouse Pacific, Slappers and Slapheads) Lenny Wood (Lost Soul, Night Collar, Nightmare on Lime Street) and the hilarious Gillian Hardie and Keddy Sutton (Scottie Road the Musical).
Thomas Minge (Andrew Schofield) owns a small, dilapidated warehouse in Liverpool. He despises everything – happiness, laughter, modern music, spending money – but most of all he hates Christmas. Meanwhile, his four drunken, dysfunctional employees can’t wait to start the festive season! When they find out they’re about to be sacked by their miserable employer they set out to discover a way to ensure their survival. They soon uncover a few 1970’s skeletons in Thomas’s dirty closet, including old platform shoes, a load of Viagra and the mysterious Hairy Mary! The arrival of a weird deranged tramp ensures some crazy festive hilarity!
What is Thomas Minge’s secret? What is he hiding? Why does he hate Christmas so much? Why does he regularly swill carol singers? Will the workers escape the sack? Perhaps the legendary Walrus of Love himself, Barry White, holds the key.
Dave Kirby said: “I’ve had great fun writing this show and I hope the audience will have just as much of a laugh watching it! Make this show your first, your last and your everything this Christmas!”
So don’t be an old Scrooge, get yourself down to the Echo Arena this Christmas for a Barry good time.
Tickets for the show are priced from £16.90 (including booking fee) for the Matinee Performance and evening performances are priced from £20.75 (including booking fee). An additional £2.25 handling fee per order applies. Tickets are available from the Box-office on 0844 8000400, online at www.echoarena.com or in person at Ticketquarter on Queen Square in Liverpool.