Relatively Speaking
From: Tuesday, 14th May 2013
To: Saturday, 31 August 2013
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Synopsis
A comedy of confusion, Relatively Speaking is set on a lazy summer Sunday in the late 60's. Ginny has fallen in love with Greg and wants Philip to leave her alone. So she sets off to see Philip and tell him once-and-for-all. Greg thinks she's visiting her parents and discovers Philips address so decides to pay a surprise visit and ask for her hand. For once, Philip's wife is still at home when Greg arrives before Ginny.
Starring Kara Tointon as Ginny, and Felicity Kendal as Sheila, alongside Jonathan Coy as Phillip, this production will run at Wyndham's Theatre from 16 May to 31 August (previews from 14 May).
Directed by Lyndsey Posner, book tickets now to see Alan Ayckbourn's breakthrough hit.
Our Review:
21 May 2013
Goodness knows why Alan Ayckbourn's debut success has had to wait 46 years for its first West End revival.
Relatively Speaking, short, sweet and savage, has been a regional stand-by for decades for two very good reasons: it's an expertly-constructed laugh-fest that punches way above its weight, while its modest constituents (two sets, four actors) are just the thing for theatres in cash-strapped times.
Lindsay Posner's revival freezes the play in 1965, the year it was written, and reveals that even as a 20-something writer Ayckbourn had pinpointed genteel suburbia as a hotbed of infidelity and desperate housewives. The darkness of the playwright's later work is already present in this sunny tale of mistaken identities, with at least two of the characters behaving exceptionally badly towards their partners.
Mysterious phone calls and an ever-growing mountain of flowers and chocolates make young Greg fear the worst about Ginny. Worried that h...
Latest User Review
Patricia Sheldon - 22 May 2013:
A lovely, slightly old-fashioned (in a good way)comedy that gives you lots of laughs....
Cast
Felicity Kendal (Sheila)
Kara Tointon (Ginny)
Jonathan Coy (Philip)
Max Bennett
Creative
Alan Ayckbourn (Author)
Theatre Royal Bath Productions (Producer)
Lindsay Posner (Director)
Peter McKintosh (Design)
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