Scarred For Life - A Christmas Special comes to Derbyshire

Scarred For Life - A Christmas Special is a brand new live comedy show celebrating the weird Christmas TV and pop culture of the 1970s and 80s. It comes to The Partington Theatre in Glossop on Saturday 12th December and QUAD in Derby in Friday 18th December. 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 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. Since 2017, Stephen Brotherstone has been 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.