Holiday Favorite ‘O Christmas Tea’ Delivers Energy and Laughter

British comedy legends James & Jamesy’s wildly successful holiday classic, 0 Christmas Tea: A British Comedy returns to Salem and Eugene this season by popular demand.

As with many popular touring productions, some shows are one night only, and tickets sell out quickly. The magical production will appear at Salem’s Elsinor Theatre Dec 6 and Eugene’s Hult Center Dec 9-10.

For more than a decade, the three-time London Impresario Award-winning duo James & Jamesy (aka Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles) have been flooding theaters with joy and laughter with their multi award-winning tea-themed comedy.

Reminiscent of classic British pantos, 0 Christmas Tea is rich with wordplay, comic physicality and cleverly crafted interactive elements. Many say 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 Knowles, who plays Jamesy. “With O Christmas Tea, we bring together multiple generations in the theater, laughing and enjoying each other’s company — and ours.”

James and Jamesy have earned nearly every comedy award there is. Stepping away from their Off-Broadway run, the duo is now delighting audiences throughout the Northwest this season.

Fans and critics alike rave about the duo’s ability to elicit a sense of play in a room full of adults. “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, 0 Christmas Tea casts away the conventions of theater and joyously breaks the fourth wall. In fact, just about the only thing these two don’t break is their Royal Daulton tea set in this wonderful evening of play and whimsy.

For tickets or more details, visit OChristmasTea.com.