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Mr Whatnot @ Royal Derngate, Northampton

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Like a fine wine, Alan Ayckbourn’s play Mr Whatnot has become more refined and much more enjoyed with age.  Despite the critical mauling of it’s debut in 1963, the play has proven the test of time and continues to thrill audiences fifty years later. Certainly One Man, Two Governors Director Cal McCrystal has allowed the play […]

Surprises @ Guildford’s Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

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Surprises is a word that covers all manner of sin. But in Alan Ayckbourn’s futuristic play, Romantic surprises are to be sought for. Consequently the audience is ironically warned not to peer too far into the future. You may not like what you see. An anxiety about what the future holds has erupted in contemporary […]