Alan Ayckbourn
A terrorist code-named Cerestes is on the loose, and the police have planned a sting to capture him as he steps off a train at a London station. The operation, led by the buffoonish Major Quentin, has drawn in two civilians - Ez and Barry. Perfect strangers as the play begins, their time waiting for the trap to be set gives them the chance to get to know each other, and try to make sense of the chaos unfolding around them.
Alan Ayckbourn's 77th play shows he has lost none of his theatrical inventiveness.
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.
However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...
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