Written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn
Jack’s planning a big party for his wife’s birthday. He’s pulling out all the stops and has booked a touring theatre company to perform in the main hall of the family home. The only problem is that Jack is getting a bit forgetful in his old age and can’t remember all the details of the booking…
The Homelight Theatre Company is on its knees. They desperately need a well-paid gig and Jack’s booking is very well paid. Pinning him down on the details has been tricky and something doesn’t feel quite right.
Alan Ayckbourn’s 90th play is a celebration of theatre, a delightfully dark farce lifting the lid on the performances we act out on a daily basis.
‘He is a kind of English Chekhov who is also an incomparably fine director of his own serious comedies’
The Wall Street Journal on The Girl Next Door (2021)
Booking Information
Showing: Tuesday 15 October–Saturday 26 October 2024
Tickets: £10.00 - £31.50
Concessions: £2.00 off
Group Discounts: £2.00 off for ten or more
Four Friends for £92
Under 16s Go Free
Under 26s Go Free
Dates & Times
Cast & Creatives
Trailer
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Show & Tell - from left, Bill Champion, Olivia Woolhouse, Frances Marshall. Credit Tony Bartholomew
Reviews
"Ayckbourn's 90th play is a joy..."
— The Times
"[Ayckbourn's]... instincts are still pin-sharp..."
— Daily Mail
"Very funny... a beautifully performed drama..."
— The Observer
"Classic Ayckbourn… a comedy with pleasing twists and turns..."
— The Stage
"Strange and haunting..."
— The Guardian
"Amazingly absorbing, captivating and provocative..."
— Yorkshire Times
"Oozing with charm like a classic sitcom! Loved it!..."
— Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire And Cheshire
"Funny, warm and thought provoking..."
— On In My City
"Another finely-crafted work..."
— Moorlands Radio
"Often laugh-out-loud funny… there’s an undeniable warmth to it..."
— Beff Shuff
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