Beating Berlusconi

Fresh from ecstatic reviews and a huge word-of-mouth following in the North-West, Paul Duckworth brings this lump in your throat comedy back to Blackpool.

Despite threats from his wife and bank manager, in May 2005 middle-aged Kenny Noonan travels to Istanbul to watch Liverpool play AC Milan in the Champions’ League final. He carries the scars of thirty years as a Red - Heysel, Hillsborough, Alex Ferguson - and of living in a city which has been demonised.

Beating Berlusconi! is a story of love and friendship, of defeat and of victory. It is also based on the bizarre true story of a real Liverpool fan who ended up sitting next to Silvio Berlusconi at the Attaturk Stadium.
Using stand-up comedy and comic storytelling, Beating Berlusconi! is the hilarious story of one man’s attempt to rediscover his belief in himself, his club, his city and his class.