After seven hit shows over two decades, Dave Kirby is back at Liverpool’s Royal Court with a new show: Lost Soul 2: Smigger's Wrecked Head.
The writer of Brick up the Mersey Tunnels, Council Depot Blues and Reds & Blues is back at the Court (August 16-September 14) with the sequel to Lost Soul, which was a hit at the the Court in 2007.
Now Smigger’s having a mid-life crisis. All he wants to do is roll back the years and dance to 1970s soul music with Donna, Terry and Pat. But since the grandchild came along, Donna hasn’t been interested in their usual Sunday nights in town (or much else). Their daughter hasn’t helped, lumbering them with the baby most weekends while she's out with the dad. Well, maybe the dad.
So Smigger's had enough: his head’s wrecked and he’s not having it any more. Smigger, Donna, Terry and Pat will take us from Scottie Road to Pontins Prestatyn to Liverpool’s over-40s Sunday night pub scene for endless laughter set to a 1970s soul soundtrack.
The cast will be Paul Duckworth, Lindzi Germain, Michael Hawkins, Jennifer Hynes, Cath Rice, Andrew Schofield and Lenny Wood.
“It’s hard to believe that 18 years have passed since Brick up the Mersey tunnels opened at the Royal Court and transformed the building into the people’s theatre," said Dave. "That’s where it all began for me. Now seven hit shows later, it’s great to be back with Lost Soul 2, Smigger’s Wrecked Head.”
“After the huge success of the first Lost Soul I always shied away from writing a sequel, but I’m now so glad I did. I wrote it in such a way that people don't need to have seen the first play., which was last staged here back in 2019, with Smigger (Andrew Schofield) still unable to get his wrecked head out of the 1970s. I’ve updated the script with fresh jokes and moved the main hub from Smokie Mo’s to the popular Soul Train bar.”
The show advised for over-14s
More info and tickets here