Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough presents
written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn
The one and only Alan Ayckbourn returns to the New Vic with a new revival of his classic comedy, directed by the author himself. First produced in Scarborough in 1987 and then in London’s West End, starring Ian McKellen and Jane Asher, it won that year’s Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy.
All alone, high up in an isolated, derelict suburban tower block, avant garde composer Jerome is vainly struggling to complete his life’s masterwork about love. The problem is, he’s lost the source of his artistic inspration, his beloved daughter Geain, taken away by her mother, his hostile, estranged ex-wife.
So, with the help of a deranged, android childminder, Jerome hatches a cunning plan to get her back. But the best laid plans of men and mechanical women . . .
“achingly funny”
The Times on the original 1987 production of Henceforward . . .
See this play and The Karaoke Theatre Company for just £35.00!
Tuesday 11 October–Saturday 29 October 2016
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Image by Tony Bartholomew
Reviews
"Darkly funny..."
— Clare Brennan, The Observer
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