A merry mash-up of festive theatre comedy and music at Live Theatre
Monday 21 December, 7.30pm
Christmas Adventures
Presented as part of Live Theatre’s Live Lab programme
On Monday 21 December Live Lab will be celebrating a year of developing new work with their Christmas Adventures variety show; a merry mash-up of theatre, comedy and music.
Following the Live Lab ethos, Christmas Adventures celebrates emerging talent. It gives artists a forum to try out new material inspired by this Christmas theme.
Playwright and performer Alison Carr (Iris and The Soaking of Vera Shrimp) will be reviving her short monologue Mary, Jesus’s Mam, which is a funny take on the School Nativity. She will be joined by Live Lab’s current Associate Artists Matilda Neill,Rowan McCabe and Matt Miller (Red is the New Blue) who will be presenting a play, specially written for the occasion, calledThe Holiday. They’ll be using their unique blend of theatre and poetry to explore the secret life of Santa and the darker side of Christmas.
Nina Berry (Rendezvous and The Rooms) has also written a piece especially for the night called The Terminal Velocity of Snowflakes, which takes a touching look at the lives of two individuals played by Rendezvous performers Dean Bone andLauren Kellegher. It’s a touching short play about fate, friendship and snow.
Live Theatre favourites Mixtape will be performing a selection of seasonally inspired sketches. Part comedy sketch show and part music quiz the audience will play along in teams to see who can guess the songs that have inspired their lyrical sketches. The winning team will be awarded with a limited edition Christmas Mixtape trophy.
Plus, there will also be comedy from Live Theatre’s Stand-Up Comedy Course graduate Hal Branson, a monologue written byJamie Moran (10 Minutes to…) and a festive fancy dress competition with a prize for the audience member with the best outfit. Don’t miss this celebration of emerging artists from the region. It’s sure to be an Advent Calendar highlight.
Tickets for Christmas Adventures costs £8. To book tickets and to find out more visit www.live.org.uk or contact Live Theatre’s box office on (0191) 232 1232.