The Scouse Christmas Carol – Liverpool Royal Court: 7th November to 17th January

Those of you who know about Liverpool Royal Court’s Christmas show will already be chomping at the bit to get tickets for this one. The Scouse Christmas Carol opens on the 7th of November and runs right the way through Christmas and beyond, closing for the final time on the 17th of January.

It’s your traditional Christmas Carol story, but Scousified.

Here’s the official blurb:

Jacob Marley is dead and nobody knows who bumped him off. Mary Marley, his missus, is going to track down the killer and she’s got one man in her sights. Scrooge. But how can she make him cough to the crime?

Ebeneezer is a geezer who always quite fancied Mary, but now she’s ghosting him with the help of the Scratchitt family and Mr Kettiwig. Will he learn his lesson? Will Marley be avenged by three little birds? Will Charlie Dicko spin so fast in his grave that a sinkhole opens up? Only one way to find out…

Liverpool Royal Court does one of these every year and they always go down well. It’s proper localised entertainment aimed very specifically at Scousers. Last year it was the Scouse Red Riding Hood, for example, and it was a hoot.

The show will be full of jokes, adult humour, and live music, so every second of it will be thoroughly entertaining. Just as Charles Dickens would have liked it. Probably.

Tickets and Prices

With such a long run you have got endless chances to catch the show, but it will sell out on many of the nights, so don’t leave it until the last week or you might end up disappointed.

Ticket prices are different on different days and at different times, so it’s difficult to give you all the different options, but they range from as little as £10 for a restricted view seat to £36 for seats in the stalls. There are lots of options between these two price points.

As usual, the Royal Court also have a ticket option that includes a one course or two course meal, for an additional £14 or £20 per head.

BSL performances are on Tuesday 25 November & Tuesday 6 January, while an audio described performance is on Thursday 27 November.

Oh, and a final word of warning: this show is “deffo not for kids” – so find a babysitter!