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Arrivals and Departures
Full-Length Play / 5w, 6m, 2girl(s)
A poignant, timely comedy of two strangers meeting in the midst of an increasingly farcical anti-terrorist operation.
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Cast Size
5w, 6m, 2girl(s) -
Duration
More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Details
Summary
A terrorist code-named Cerestes is on the loose, and the police have planned a sting to capture him as he steps off a train at a London station.
The operation, led by the buffoonish Major Quentin, has drawn in two civilians - Ez and Barry. Perfect strangers as the play begins, their time waiting for the trap to be set gives them the chance to get to know each other, and try to make sense of the chaos unfolding around them.
Alan Ayckbourn's 77th play shows he has lost none of his theatrical inventiveness.
- Duration More than 120 minutes (2 hours)
Media
"Ayckbourn sets up the situation beautifully, with a barking major rehearsing all the participants in a plan to ensnare a terrorist as he steps off a train at King's Cross." The Guardian, Read more
"...the denouement and the pathway to it are amply rewarding." - The Stage, Read more
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Licensing & Materials
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Authors
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 ...