ROLEPLAY by Alan Ayckbourn
A wonderfully funny Ayckbourn comedy and "Meet the Parents" style dinner party from hell
Julie-Ann and Justin are about to announce their engagement during a special meal with both sets of parents. But then a gangster’s moll and former lap-dancer: Paige Petite, and her highly strung gun-toting minder quite literally drop in from upstairs!
Add to this the arrival of Justin’s upper crust alcoholic mother from Surrey, and Julie-Ann’s prim and highly prejudiced parents from Yorkshire and you have all the ingredients for this wonderfully funny Alan Ayckbourn comedy.
2019 is Ayckbourn’s 80th birthday year and the 60th anniversary of his playwriting debut. RolePlay shows him at his very best with wonderfully funny orchestrated mayhem alongside subtle insights into family relationships and class distinctions.
A wonderfully funny Ayckbourn comedy and "Meet the Parents" style dinner party from hell
Julie-Ann and Justin are about to announce their engagement during a special meal with both sets of parents. But then a gangster’s moll and former lap-dancer: Paige Petite, and her highly strung gun-toting minder quite literally drop in from upstairs!
Add to this the arrival of Justin’s upper crust alcoholic mother from Surrey, and Julie-Ann’s prim and highly prejudiced parents from Yorkshire and you have all the ingredients for this wonderfully funny Alan Ayckbourn comedy.
2019 is Ayckbourn’s 80th birthday year and the 60th anniversary of his playwriting debut. RolePlay shows him at his very best with wonderfully funny orchestrated mayhem alongside subtle insights into family relationships and class distinctions.
Box Office details
Performances: Wednesday 13th until Saturday 16th November 2019, 7.45pm at the Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham.
Tickets: £12 or £11 concessions (available on Wednesday & Thursday only). Click here to book online or phone the RDS Box Office on 07856 246517 or the Compass Theatre Box Office on 01895 250615.
Performances: Wednesday 13th until Saturday 16th November 2019, 7.45pm at the Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham.
Tickets: £12 or £11 concessions (available on Wednesday & Thursday only). Click here to book online or phone the RDS Box Office on 07856 246517 or the Compass Theatre Box Office on 01895 250615.
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Praise for RolePlay
"Every character is sharply drawn, every gag comes off, and the comedy is fuelled by palpable depth of humanity and escalating dramatic tension." Daily Telegraph "...RolePlay just goes from strength to strength, not least in the mastery of agonisingly tense silences and the desperate efforts made to end them..." Spectator "...sees Ayckbourn at his best. It is here that sight gags and one-liners combine to wonderful effect." Jewish Chronicle |