TABLE MANNERS by Alan Ayckbourn

TABLE MANNERS is part of a trilogy under the general heading THE NORMAN CONQUESTS, the other two plays being ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN and LIVING TOGETHER. The plays are not consecutive, but all occur during a single week-end and each takes place in a different part of the same house. Thus we are watching events which are taking…

GENTLEMAN AND A SCOUNDREL by Jack Sharkey

An underpaid worker hires himself in disguise as his own assistant to increase his income. His sweetheart falls for his phony self and he becomes his own rival.  “Side splitting.” Lerner Voice.  “A comedy with the accent on fun.” Beacon News.  “Delightful … lighthearted, fast paced quality entertainment.” Daily Chronicle.  CAST FRED DICKSON| Michael Cremer…

THE MURDER GAME by Constance Cox

Brian is financially dependent on his wife Sheila, and he is in love with another woman. An acquaintance convinces him he would be better off if Sheila were to die and then suggests a “foolproof’ murder scheme, adding that he only wants the satisfaction of committing a perfect murder. The murder is successfully carried out…

LUNCH HOUR by Jean Kerr

Never has Jean Kerr’s wit had a keener edge or her comic sense more peaks of merriment than in this clever confection which starred Gilda Radner and Sam Waterston on Broadway as a pair whose spouses are having an affair. They counter by “inventing” an affair of their own. He, ironically, is a marriage counsellor…

ONE FOR THE ROAD by Willy Russell

This wickedly observant comedy by the author of Educating Rita finds Dennis, on the eve of his thirty fifth birthday, making a last ditch attempt to break away from his middle class existence. Imprisoned on Phase Two of the housing estate and surrounded by Tupperware parties, Weight Watchers and wife swapping, he longs to revert…

DEATH KNELL

This new thriller by the author of Stone Cold Murder which The English Theatre produced in 2013 will leave audiences spellbound right up to the final curtain. Full of surprising twists and turns, with just the right amount of comedy and shocks, the play is set in a renovated hunting lodge in the Scottish Highlands.…