Alan Ayckbourn’s Absent Friends
Directed by James Barnard

Let us take you back to 1974……

It’s always good to see old friends – isn’t it? All Diana wants to do is console the recently-bereaved Colin with a gathering of old friends and a nice cup of tea. But the reunion succeeds only in pouring salt into old wounds, and what a shame Gordon couldn’t come, being so unwell. In typical Ayckbourn style this play is at times sad and touching, but always bitingly funny. At least Colin seems to be enjoying life…