![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/seaside-special-german-film-captures-british-traditions-at-time-of-brexit/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130275912_img_3281.jpg&description=Image source, Seaside Special Image caption, Seaside Special ties together a quintessentially English end-of-the-pier show and the ongoing Brexit negotiations of 2019 In 2019, German film director Jens Meurer spent several months in Cromer on the Norfolk coast, following people as they prepared for two seismic events - Brexit and the annual end of pier variety show. The resulting documentary, Seaside Special, serves as a time capsule into a world pre-lockdown, when everything was on the cusp of changing, but age old traditions were being kept alive on stage. Four years later the film is slowly being rolled out to cinemas. But not all of the people who appear in it still live or work in Cromer, and sadly one of the stars, comedian Paul Eastwood, died before he got to see it. Image source, Corea Eastwood Image caption, Corea Eastwood says footage from the film will help their son, Harry, get to know his father Corea Eastwood says her husband Paul had worked on Cromer's end of pier show for four years, each time spending months away from their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The film shows Paul in the role of compere - warming up the audience, introducing the various acts, and then getting involved with different elements of the show, which is held twice a day for most of the summer. "Paul was so excited to be part of the film," Corea says. "He loved anything a little niche, a little bit different, because he was a little bit different like that as well. "He loved Cromer. He loved that little theatre. What's great is if it's rough (the sea), you can hear the theatre physically move." The Covid outbreak deprived Paul of the chance to appear on stage, and like a lot of comics he had to find other ways to spend his time and earn money during the lockdowns. "He interviewed and applied for at least 73 jobs over lockdown to become a delivery driver, he sold double glazing, he worked for Amazon - he did everything he could possibly do to keep busy and keep a bit of inc){kind=link}
In 2019, German film director Jens Meurer spent several months in Cromer on the Norfolk coast, following people as they prepared for two seismic events – Brexit and the annual end of pier variety show.
The resulting documentary, Seaside Special, serves as a time capsule into a world pre-lockdown, when everything was on the cusp of changing, but age old traditions were being kept alive on stage.
Four years later the film is slowly being rolled out to cinemas.
But not all of the people who appear in it still live or work in Cromer, and sadly one of the stars, comedian Paul Eastwood, died before he got to see it.
Corea Eastwood says her husband Paul had worked on Cromer’s end of pier show for four years, each time spending months away from their home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.