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Ayckbourn has fun imagining the hazards of malfunctioning android lovers and misbehaving auto-maids – but there’s a deeper message too about human desire
REVIEW: Alan Ayckbourn's The Girl Next Door, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, until July 3. Box office: 01723 370541 and at sjt.uk.com
Submitting... The bulk of the shows will be performed by Bill Champion, Linford Johnson, Alexandra Mathie and Naomi Petersen who will make up a bubble with their stage management team. But should any of that bubble show symptoms, the entire group will have to self-isolate – and a second bubble comprising Georgia Burnell, Michael Hobbs, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, Eliza McClelland and a second stage management team will be ready to step in. They will also perform the show on a number of dates throughout the run. The theatre's artistic director Paul Robinson said: “The safety of our audiences, s...
Cockpit), and Kirsty Stuart. Naked Productionsâ Polly Thomas directs. Angela centers on the playwrightâs mother, at the age of 84 and suffering with dementia, as she looks back across her life. Cutting between Angela in her old age and in her youth, the play depicts her struggle with depression and the challenges of her own aspirations, set against Markâs experience of beginning to learn ballet in his fifties. Playwright Ravenhill says, âWith the death of my mum in 2019, I was drawn for the first time to write an autobiographical play. I was particularly interested to expl...