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Ayckbourn

Sir Alan. born 1939, English dramatist. His plays include Absurd Person Singular (1973), the trilogy The Norman Conquests (1974), A Chorus of Disapproval (1985), and House and Garden (2000)
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The story, much as usual with this playwright, is set in middle-class suburbia, where misunderstandings and misinterpretations give rise to the kind of drolleries for which Ayckbourn is celebrated and, more to the point, for which he fills theatres up and down the land.
REVIEW
Ayckbourn loves a set device, and on this occasion the audience is afforded glimpses of the flats above and below.
Ayckbourn offering mostly on the button
Bennett, who once earned plaudits " for going on as Hamlet as David Tennant's understudy, was full of admiration for Natalie's pluck in choosing a high profile Ayckbourn play rather than a glitzy star vehicle.
Natalie makes stage debut; Pop stars in musicals aren't uncommon but Natalie Imbruglia chose a bitter-sweet drama for her stage debut, as David Whetstone reports
Sir Alan Ayckbourn directs a 13-strong cast, including two children in Arrivals and Departures
Blend of comedy and tragedy; REVIEW
Season's Greetings was premiered in September 1980 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough when Ayckbourn directed.
Early present offered to theatre-goers; PREVIEW: Season's Greetings, Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold
ACT has previously staged 10 Ayckbourn plays with other directors.
Who's your daddy?
With Ayckbourn at his most daringly Chekhovian, he spins a high tragedy via the comic absurdity of Diana wanting to look like a Canadian Mountie.
Absent Friends
SIR Alan Ayckbourn could have been starring in one of his own farces after mistaking a burglar for a guest at his mansion.
BURGLAR: 'HOW ARE YOU?' SIR ALAN: 'I'M ALL RIGHT'
But, when Alan Ayckbourn is involved, they are hilarious.
reviews: Dark humour; theatre Absurd Person Singular Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
The Alan Ayckbourn production stars Gavin Baldwin, Simone Hunter, Anne Koheji and Mike Franklin.
Curtain rises on Ayckbourn play
Reza falls somewhere between Alan Ayckbourn and Tom Stoppard in her style of presentation and Christopher Hampton's translation isn't his most fluid.
CHANGING THE COSMOS, ONE SCENE AT A TIME, IN 'LIFE X 3'
This was my first experience of Ayckbourn, live on stage.
Friday Live: Reviews - Event Chapter, Cardiff

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