Details

One of Ayckbourn's funniest and best loved comedies, A Chorus of Disapproval centres on a diffident widower who attempts to escape from his loneliness by joining the local amateur list operatic society. By not saying 'no' to anything, be it a request to obtain confidential information from his company or an offer of illicit sex, he advances, by accident rather than design, from a one-line part to the lead. Ayckbourn's script shows us how painfully embarrassed are the British in the face of emotion and keeps us laughing in happy recognition.

Cast/Performers

Rob Brydon (Dafydd ap Llewellyn), Nigel Harmen (Guy Jones), Ashley Jensen (Hannah Llewellyn), Teresa Banham (Enid Washbrook), Daisy Beaumont (Fay Hubbard), Georgia Brown (Bridget Baines), Rob Compton (Crispin Usher), Matthew Cottle (Ted Washbrook), Steven Edis (Mr Ames), Jessica Ellerby (Linda Washbrook), Barrie Rutter (Jarvis Huntley-Pike), Paul Thornley (Ian Hubbard), Susan Tracy (Rebecca Huntley-Pike)

Creatives/Company

Author: Alan Ayckbourn
Producer: Sonia Friedman Productions
Director: Trevor Nunn
Design: Rob Jones
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Sound: Fergus O'Hare