Invisible Friends

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Cast Size

3w, 4m
Subgenre

Theatre for Young Audiences

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Summary

This delight by England's most successful comic dramatist is about an ordinary teenager named Lucy. Often ignored by her family, she invents a fantasy friend, Zara, and invites her to tea. Zara arrives with her idealized father and brother and explains how Lucy can make her real family disappear. Life becomes a wonderful fantasy until Lucy's dream family turns out to be a nightmare.

Media

"An extremely funny and deeply serious play which appeals to the irrepressible child in every adult and to the insufferable adult in every child." - London Sunday Times

"Ingenious and involving." - Daily Telegraph

Videos

Alan Ayckbourn on Growing As a Dramatist
Alan Ayckbourn on Comparisons
Alan Ayckbourn on How to Approach His Plays
Alan Ayckbourn on Getting Started
Alan Ayckbourn on the Difference Between Then and Now
Alan Ayckbourn on Ideas
Alan Ayckbourn on Writing a Well Made Play

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Authors

Alan Ayckbourn

A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.

Invisible Friends