Within weeks of the news that Liverpool would host the 2023 Eurovision song contest, the Royal Court had announced it would premiere Jonathan Harvey’s A Thong for Europe at the same time. It was a thrilling example of opportunistic programming and a clue that Kevin Fearon’s company knows its audience to a tee.
The Eurovision flag duly makes an appearance in The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk when Jack (Michael Fletcher) finds himself with his head in the clouds after having scaled the beanstalk. Waving it above his head, he earns a cheer from the stalls and the admiration of Jill (Hayley Sheen), not to mention a romantic pun too terrible to repeat. Like his football team, Marine, Jack believes he can be a giant killer.
