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Time of My Life

Full-Length Play, Comedy  /  3f, 4m

Alan Ayckbourn

"A play by an inspired master craftsman and cunning psychologist working at full stretch: harsh and funny, simple and cunning, generous but unforgiving." - Sunday Times

"Funny, very funny, and not at all funny; quintessentially Ayckbourn." - Daily Telegraph

Time of My Life

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    Cast Size
    3f, 4m
Accolades
Accolades
  • 1994 Olivier Award nomination for Best Comedy

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Summary
Gerry Stratton has organized a family dinner with his sons Glyn and Adam at his favorite restaurant to celebrate his wife Laura's 54th birthday. Glyn is with his long suffering wife Stephanie; their marriage looks to be on firmer ground that it once was. Adam has brought along his new girlfriend, an outrageous hairdresser, and they are both eager to impress. Gradually, family skeletons intrude on the happy domestic scene: Glyn's unfaithfulness knows no bounds, the family transport business has been hit by the recession, and Laura has been unfaithful. Glyn's story is set more recently and Adam's further back in time, while at the center Gerry and Laura pick apart their marriage and recall first love.
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    "A play by an inspired master craftsman and cunning psychologist working at full stretch: harsh and funny, simple and cunning, generous but unforgiving." - London Sunday Times

    "Funny, very funny, and not at all funny; quintessentially Ayckbourn." - London Times

    "Immensely subtle, ingenious." - Guardian

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    Alan Ayckbourn

    Alan Ayckbourn

    A playwright and theatre director, to date Alan Ayckbourn has written 89 plays – Family Album attracted four-star reviews when it premiered in September 2022 at the Stephen Joseph, where nearly all his plays are first staged.

    However, this year he will stage his 88th play Welc ...

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