Comedy play The Comeback Special returns to the stage in Liverpool this spring.
Penned by Ian Salmon, the show comes to The Epstein Theatre from March 30 to April 2 April, with a 2PM Saturday matinée.
It’s a story set in a mythical, magical place called Fazakerley—and tells the tale of a pair of scallies, a lot of weed, a ridiculous amount of swearing and the ghost of somebody who may (or may not) be The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The comedy was highly commended in the Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize 2015, and had a sold-out run at the city’s Royal Court Studio in 2019. Ian Salmon also wrote Girls Don’t Play Guitars, Those Two Weeks, and Venus Rising.
After the run at The Epstein, writer Ian Salmon is retiring the play.
The production reunites the cast of the 2019 production Al Donohoe, Tom Highton, Faye Caddick, Liam Powell-Berry, Cal Forbes and Reg Edwards, adding Michael Hawkins in the role of Robbie, and Lisa McMahon.