Holiday Hilarity Leaps onto Southern Ontario Stages…BUCKLE YOUR THEATRE SEATS!
British comedy legends James & Jamesy bring their wildly popular holiday classic, O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy to Southern Ontario this Holiday Season – including a stop in Oakville on December 29th, amongst many other local venues in November and December!
For over a decade, the 3-time London Impresario Award-winning duo James & Jamesy (Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles) have been flooding theatres with joy and laughter with their multi-award winning festive comedy.
Reminiscent of classic British pantos, O Christmas Tea is rich with wordplay, comic physicality and cleverly crafted interactive elements, yet the real magic is found in the duo’s boundless imagination and endearing chemistry.
“The Christmas season is the time of year when we are encouraged to dream big, embrace imagination, and celebrate child-like excitement for magic and merriment,” says Jamesy (Alastair Knowles) who plays Jamesy. “With O Christmas Tea, we bring together multiple generations in the theatre, laughing and enjoying each other’s company — and ours.”
Fans and critics alike rave about the duo’s ability to elicit a sense of play in a room full of adults and children. “The unique production sends audience members home invigorated, rejuvenated and joyful that the child in you is now awake,” says reviewer Christopher Hoile (Stage Door Toronto) in his five-star review of the show.
Juxtaposing British propriety with an unabashed love for the unexpected, O Christmas Tea casts away the conventions of theatre and joyously breaks the fourth wall. In fact, just about the only thing these two don’t break is their Royal Doulton tea set in this wonderful evening of play and whimsy.
O Christmas Tea is touring across Southern Ontario this season, with many options to join in the unmissable festive experience including:
November 13: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Burlington
November 14: FirstOntario Arts Centre, Milton
November 21 – 24: CAA Theatre. Toronto
November 26: Living Arts Centre, Mississauga
November 27: Centre in the Square, Kitchener
November 30: River Run Centre, Guelph
December 1: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St Catharines
December 28: Theatre Aquarius, Hamilton
December 29: Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts, Oakville
December 30: Sanderson Centre, Brantford
