A story of family, love, loss and an overweight whiskey-swilling duck is set to visit Liverpool this October, as Everyman favourites Kneehigh return with FUP from 9th-13th October for seven performances.

Based on U.S. novelist Jim Dodge’s best-seller, FUP is a wonderfully strange and uproarious modern fable directed by Simon Harvey – artistic director of O-region and presented by Dead Dog in a Suitcase and The Tin Drum makers Kneehigh.

One-hundred year-old Grandaddy Jake Santee and his enormous grandson Tiny live life on the fringes, drinking the home distilled Ol’ Death Whisper, building fences and boasting of immortality.  But then, Fup arrives – a movie-loving mallard with an insatiable appetite whose extraordinary presence transforms their lives forever.

Hilarious, heart-warming and magical; FUP celebrates eccentricity and all that is natural an uncompromising about rural living.  Harvey has transposed Dodge’s cult novella to the wilds of Cornwall, featuring original, live foot-stomping music by composer Ben Sutcliffe, sublime quacking puppetry and lashings of Kneehigh irreverence and fun.

Full casting features Zaid Al-Rikabi (Musician), Jenny Beare (Gabrielle), Calvin A. Dean (Tiny), Rachel Leonard (Fup), Dave Mynne (Grandaddy Jake) and Ben Sutcliffe (Musician).

Gemma Bodinetz, artistic director at the Everyman & Playhouse, said, “We are always thrilled to bring the best of theatre from around the country for families. Our relationship with Kneehigh stretches back over decades and has involved some of our most popular and magical co-productions.

We are very excited to see them delight our younger audiences with their mix of theatrical invention and fun once more, and feel sure it will delight those that bring them just as much.”

Tickets for FUP shows are on sale now and available at: www.everymanplayhouse.com/whatson/fup or by calling Box Office on 0151 709 4776.