Neighbourhood Watch

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T0477079157 (SJT11) World Premiere. Running time: 2hrs 45mins inclu. intervalCompany Stephen Joseph Theatre Company. Director Alan Ayckbourn. Design Pip Leckenby. Lighting Mick Hughes. Performer Eileen Battye. Performer Terence Booth. Performer Phil Cheadle. Performer Matthew Cottle. Performer Richard Derrington. Performer Frances Grey. Performer Amy Loughton. Performer Alexandra Mathie.
10 Apr 12 to 5 May 12	Tricycle Theatre, Inner London :: V250 listing details L1555996843
19 Mar 12 to 24 Mar 12	Theatre Royal, Windsor :: V742 listing details L01652617879
12 Mar 12 to 17 Mar 12	The Playhouse, Oxford :: V803 listing details L01253063344
6 Mar 12 to 10 Mar 12	Watford Palace Theatre, Watford :: V55 listing details L1898183109
27 Feb 12 to 3 Mar 12	Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne :: V665 listing details L01454937016
20 Feb 12 to 25 Feb 12	Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham :: V90 listing details L1027821830
13 Feb 12 to 18 Feb 12	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L0867886660
6 Feb 12 to 11 Feb 12	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L1759425287
18 Jan 12 to 28 Jan 12	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L1773402149
8 Nov 11 to 19 Nov 11	The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere :: V191 listing details L0709606940
18 Oct 11 to 5 Nov 11	New Victoria Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme :: V119 listing details L363019388
8 Sep 11 to 15 Oct 11	Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough :: V949 listing details L1470229135

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Play :: I have a friend in the force and he tells me that, day to day, the police are hanging on by a whisker... by that much...It’s not just here, mark you. It’s nationwide. One breath of wind - anarchy! Things are not right on The Bluebell Hill Development. Theft, petty crime, vandalism, all the ills of modern suburban existence are on the increase. Newcomers Martin and his sister Hilda are the crime wave’s latest victims - on the very day of their housewarming party, no less - and resolve to take action. After all, the law of the land, all that’s right and proper and even God Himself are surely on their side. But what starts out as a well intentioned neighbourhood watch scheme soon develops into something altogether more sinister. In these matters, it seems the frying pan is closer to the fire than anyone realises. Alan Ayckbourn’s cautionary tale of the dangers of taking the law into your own hands is his seventy fifth play. It is also the three hundredth new play to be commissioned by the SJT.

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