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Network Theatre Company presentsLife and Beth - 4 to 7 December 2013By Alan Ayckbourn / Directed by Emma Byrne
This Christmas, Network Theatre is proud to present the London premiere of Alan Ayckbourn's Life and Beth. Life and Beth is Alan Ayckbourn’s 71st play. First staged in 2008 it is the third part of the acclaimed Things that go Bump trilogy. It toured the UK after the initial run at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre but has yet to be produced in London. The play is a comedy set at Christmas. Beth, recently widowed, is besieged by friends and relatives who just want to help. But when an unexpected dinner guest arrives on Christmas Eve we learn that Beth feels like she’s had all the “help” she can stand. This brisk, acidic seasonal come-dy stars Suzi De Lazameta (Time for Love, Revenge of the Ama-zons) as Beth, Susan Small (Calendar Girls, Romeo and Juli-et) as Connie and Mike Wyer (Harvey, Love and Deceit) as Da-vid. Directed by Emma Byrne (Dating for Dummies, The Blue Carbun-cle), Life and Beth is the perfect antidote to the schmaltz of the season. Cast profiles
See the director's blog for more about the production. An amateur production by arrangement with Samuel French. |