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Archive listings for Better off Dead (2018)

Work type: Play.

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Alan Ayckbourn's latest play is a comedy of confusion about an grumpy old man who might not be so grumpy after all.Producer Stephen Joseph Theatre. Director Alan Ayckbourn. Design Michael Holt. Lighting Jason Taylor. Sound Paul Stear (associate sound designer). Director Sarah Hughes (casting director).
11 Oct 18 to 27 Oct 18New Vic, Belfast :: V554
listing details L0990201573
6 Sep 18 to 6 Oct 18Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough :: V949
listing details L752384352

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Better off Dead archiveLarger than life and highly irascible author Algy Waterbridge is hard at work on his 33rd crime novel featuring blunt Yorkshire cop DCI Tommy Middlebrass. But it's been a while since Tommy was on the TV, Algy's wife is getting frighteningly forgetful and his adoring PA sometimes oversteps the mark. With constant interruptions, it's almost the last straw when old acquaintance Gus Crewe turns up to interview him for the press with alarming consequences. But as Algy's fictional character takes him over and real people introduce themselves into the dramatic climax of his novel, the lines become blurred and it might just be that fiction, misunderstandings and mistaken identity are closer to the truth than they seem.

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Author: Alan Ayckbourn

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