Absent Friends

A play at the Wyvern exploring friendship, marriage and what it ultimately means to be happy

 

Wyvern Theatre, Swindon

Monday 11 May - Wednesday 13 May 2015

 

Wealthy, unfulfilled housewife Diana arranges a gathering of old friends to cheer up bereaved Colin, whose fiancée drowned two months earlier.

 

Preparations for the tea party spark tensions and open old wounds. As lingering resentments and deep-rooted jealousies surface, an unexpectedly cheerful Colin strolls into the mayhem.

 

First produced in 1974, Absent Friends explores friendship, marriage and what it ultimately means to be happy. In one of his finest plays, Ayckbourn’s craftsmanship and acute social observation have never been sharper or more biting.

 

Tickets: £18.50