Brick Up: The Wirral Strikes Back is an all new tale set after the Mersey tunnels have been bricked up and the Runcorn bridge blown up - Leaving the Wirral stranded and isolated. Without any link to Liverpool - the Wirral peninsular and the "wirrilians" (were all aliens) are forced to adapt to a new way of life. The Credit Crunch and Worldwide Recession have taken their toll on Wirral entrepreneur, William (Cammel) Laird. With Banks in receivership and a city-gent lifestyle to maintain, not only is he struggling to raise finance for new projects, but his money-mad wife, Margaret, is also bang on his case. Meanwhile, their two teenage children, Benjamin (nice but dim) and Anthea (a methadone marcher) are silver spoon fed. In true parent mode, they don't care what Daddy gets up to, as long as they remain well-feathered! Across the River Mersey lives William's foreman at Cammel Lairds shipbuilders, Vinny Kelly . Vinny, a Yozzer Hughes lookalike, embraces politics that are old school Labour. Unaware of any plot, he sees nothing wrong in William's new company promptings, till his wife Angie and teenage daughter, Kelly become embroiled in The Lairds new business plan. Angie wants Vinny to move ahead with the times, but not the way William Laird would like him to. Meanwhile Kelly, who looks and sounds like little Miss Liverpool, is silently as bright as the North Star, and watches over proceedings like she's the real Guardian Parent. Watch out for Kelly Kelly! Vinny and Angie's teenage son, Derek wants nothing more than to be like his infamous namesake, local Councillor, Derek Hatton. Dark star to Kelly's bright star, he takes a small time local council job with a view to fast-tracking right to the top of the Liverpool Council tree - with the help of William Laird of course. This Scouse free Wirral leads to a re-emergence of boatbuilding and high jinx on the river Mersey.| 7 Sep 10 to 18 Sep 10 | Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive |
