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Synopsis

Written in 1980, Alan Bennett set this dark comedy in his home town of Leeds where an ageing couple are living in the city’s last back-to-back. With the demolition of the area in progress, Wilf and Connie are soon to be re-housed in a brand new maisonette with a waste disposal unit and non-slip vinyl flooring! When a sociologist comes to observe them in their daily life, normality takes a decidedly atypical turn...

Our Review:

John Dixon - 8 March 2010

Enjoy is not vintage Bennett but to witness Alison Steadman's performance as Connie Craven is worth the ticket price alone.

Set in Leeds the play tells the story of an elderly couple who live in a back to back house which is due to be demolished. The council decide the residents should be observed and a silent observer is despatched to each property.

At first Connie Craven and her husband Wilfred (David Troughton) try to impress their silent observer, Ms Craig, but when their wayward daughter, Linda (Josie Walker) arrives the facade soon starts to crumble. The layers soon peel away on the couple’s life as we discover they have a son whose name Wilfred will not allow to be mentioned. Connie we learn, is suffering from memory loss as she struggles to look after her husband, who is the victim of a hit and run driver and has a metal plate in his head.

The first Act starts off well but then becomes uneven as we leave the comedy behind and witness the daught...

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