From the BBC’s Ghost Stories For Christmas to The Box of Delights, the festive periods of the 1970s and 80s provided a flurry of creepy TV thrills. In this brand new live show, Stephen Brotherstone – co-writer of the acclaimed Scarred For Life books – joins Fortean Times columnist Bob Fischer to unwrap the lingering trauma of all our childhood Christmases.
Tremble beneath the tinsel as Stephen and Bob take a fun but informative rummage through the creepier side of the festive season. Got a gigantic bottle of Warninks Advocaat? And Christmas decorations held together with saliva? You’re all set. Open a tatty selection box full of undersized Curly Wurlies and prepare to relive your yuletide nightmares of Worzel Gummidge, The Stone Tape, K9 and Company, The Woman in Black, Jackanory Spine Chillers… and many, many more! Including that weird episode of Bergerac where it all goes a bit Folk Horror.
There will, obviously, be endless tangents along the way. Bizarre Victorian Christmas cards (nothing says “Happy Christmas” like a dead frog, does it?) may well rub shoulders with old school assembly carols with lyrics better suited to heavy metal songs. And Stephen and Bob will be detailing their own most memorable childhood Christmases with tales of woe that involve – respectively – a Boba Fett action figure and a festive stint in a hospital isolation unit.
Since 2017, Stephen Brotherstone has been expertly chronicling the terrifying popular culture of the 1970s and ‘80s as co-writer of the acclaimed Scarred For Life books. Fortean Times columnist Bob Fischer, meanwhile, is the creator of The Haunted Generation, a multi-media exploration of the weirder side of the 1970s childhood.
TOUR DATES:
Friday 4th December – Science and Media Museum, Bradford
Friday 11th December – Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
Saturday 12th December – Partington Theatre, Glossop
Wednesday 16th December – ARC, Stockton-on-Tees
Friday 18th December – QUAD, Derby
Saturday 19th December – MAC, Birmingham
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