Eliza Carthy

Long before the tradition of carolling, festive revellers would go house-to-house, exchanging songs for money, food and ale. Coming from the old English waes hael, ‘wassail’ is a toast wishing good. Presenting seasonal material, among a stage of illuminated Christmas trees, Eliza and John will take audiences back to some of the oldest songs in the English canon, spreading good cheer and lighting up the darkest days of the year.