House & Garden

Alan Ayckbourn

Main CharactersTeddy Platt: A wealthy, arrogant, and serial adulterer who is attempting to host a political event while his marriage and career fall apart around him. Trish Platt: Teddy’s long-suffering wife, who has finally reached her breaking point and decides to stop speaking to her husband during the crucial fete. Joanna Mace: The wife of Teddy’s best friend, whose ongoing affair with Teddy becomes the catalyst for the day’s various domestic and social explosions.

First Performance: 1999, at Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough

A critical sensation; praised for its unprecedented ambition and the flawless execution of its complex timing.