Fireside Tales

Fireside Tales was a play produced at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre from December 8, 1983 - January 7, 1984. It featured shorts from several Liverpudlian writers that were intended to be a mixture of horror and comedy.

A continuous narrative linked the stories together. When a traveler enters a Liverpool pub on a dreary night, he encounters several mysterious strangers who share stories with him, before vanishing into the building's basement.

Brian Jacques was one of the main contributors.

Players

 * Richard Tate as Sam O'Shanker
 * Carl Chase
 * Nicky Furre
 * Ashley Knight
 * Billy Geraghty
 * Brendan Hughes
 * Adrian Lukis
 * Jackie Downey

Crew

 * Director: Andrew Dickson
 * Set Design: Andy Greenfield
 * Lighting: John Parkinson
 * Writers: John Dooley, Roger Hill, Jim Hitchmough

Running Order
Act 1:


 * Firebird by Taylor Lovering
 * Comedians by Terry Morgan
 * Long Pig by Brian Jacques
 * Billy's Tale by Kenny Murray
 * U.F.O. by Roger Hill
 * Pac Man Rap inspired by Roger Hill

Act 2:


 * Merry String Vest by Jim Hitchmough
 * The Hands of Dr. Satan by Greta McDonnell, inspired by Earl Robert Trent
 * Howl by Ivor Benjamin
 * Sam O'Shanker's Drive by Willy Russell

Plot
Local media described Brian Jacques' "Long Pig" as a "grisly tale" that gave "firm shape" to the performance. It involved a class of schoolboys "devouring their master."