Black Rat Productions

Alan Ayckbourn’s funny, gripping and sophisticated master piece lifts the lid on married couples’ relationships in 1970s suburbia. The story follows four couples as their loving relationships are put to the test in a night of mayhem as underlying tensions are brought to the fore.

With all the essential elements of farce, the play is written to involve clever timing and use of rooms to great comedy effect. The four couples are all at different stages of their relationships, from the impetuous joy of new love to an unshakable lifelong partnership and the pressures of their partnerships gather speed in this timeless comedy.

Over the course of one night an outrageously selfish and highly strung duo parade their problems around the bedrooms of the other three, exposing the cracks in their marriages as well as their own with hilarious results.

Author of Bedroom Farce Alan Ayckbourn is an Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright who has written 78 plays, more than half of which have been produced in London's West End as well as around the world. In 2009, he was inducted into American Theatre’s Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Society's Special Award at the Laurence Olivier Awards. The holder of a number of honorary degrees, he was appointed a CBE in 1987 and in 1997 was knighted for services to the theatre.