This show has been rescheduled from 2020 owing to our closure during the coronavirus outbreak.
Original dates: 12 – 16 May 2020
The new dates are 18 – 22 May 2021, 7.30pm with matinees on 19 and 22 May at 2pm.
Bookings have automatically been transferred to the same DAY and TIME as previously booked. If you originally purchased e-tickets you will receive new ones containing up to date information. If you selected to have your tickets posted or to collect them at the Box Office you can collect your new tickets when you arrive for the performance. Alternatively email boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk and we can issue you with e-tickets.
If you cannot attend this new date, please contact the Box Office by emailing boxoffice@hulltruck.co.uk to discuss options.
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Three married couples. Three kitchens. Three Christmas parties.
Sidney Hopcroft, a small-time tradesman, persuades wife Jane to throw a Christmas party hoping to find favour with a bank manager and local architect. As the celebrations get under way, class differences and naked ambition combine to hilarious effect as, one by one, the characters seek refuge in Jane’s kitchen.
Over the next two years, the Jacksons and Brewster-Wrights take turns to host festivities. But Sidney’s star has begun to rise and roles are increasingly reversed as the cracks in the other couples’ marriages begin to show.
Alan Ayckbourn’s comic masterpiece of social climbing in 1970s suburbia fuses a potent mix of farce and black comedy.
An Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright, Alan Ayckbourn’s 81 plays have been produced worldwide. Notable successes include: The Norman Conquests, Relatively Speaking, Bedroom Farce, A Chorus of Disapproval and Communicating Doors.
Following their successful tour of Absent Friends in 2015, Alan Ayckbourn’s much-loved 1972 classic will be the centrepiece of London Classic Theatre’s 20th Anniversary Year.
Recommended age 14+
Venue Details
A pioneering theatre with a unique Northern Voice, locally rooted, global in outlook, inspiring artists, audiences and communities to reach their greatest potential. We produce and present inspiring theatre that reflects the diversity of a modern Britain. We provide the resources, space and support to grow people and ideas, are an ambassador for our city, a flagship for our region and a welcoming home for our communities. Through our work with schools and local communities we engage with thousands of young people, disabled groups and adults, offering opportunities to participate in the arts, whether as the first step into a career, a way to build confidence and meet new people, or as part of a rounded education.
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Accessible Toilets
Baby Changing
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Hearing Loop
Level Access
Wheelchair Access
