Relatively Speaking – A Comedy by Alan Ayckbourn (21st – 25th February 2017)

On sale until 13th February 2027. See all five plays of our 2027 season for just £48: that’s one play free, with no booking fees. Life and Beth, Pretzels For Dinner, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Drinking Habits and Count Dracula. A perfect Christmas present for a theatre lover.

9th - 13th February 2027. It’s Beth’s first Christmas since her husband Gordon died, and life without his rules is starting to suit her. Then the vicar’s well-meant prayer goes wrong and Gordon comes back from the dead, determined to protect her. A warm, funny Ayckbourn comedy about finally standing up for yourself.

20th - 24th April 2027. When Bill drops dead in his armchair halfway through the afternoon racing, Anne is left with unpaid bills, two grown-up children who won’t lift a finger, and a neighbour with a hat for every occasion. After thirty-five years of putting everyone else first, it’s her turn.

15th - 19th June 2027. The heirs of the Baskerville family are dying one by one on the misty moors of Devonshire. Is it a supernatural hound or a cunning killer? Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson race to save young Sir Henry, while three actors play over forty characters in Ken Ludwig’s breakneck comic mystery.

10th - 14th August 2027. To save their convent from closure, Sister Philamena and Sister Augusta are secretly making prize-winning wine behind the Mother Superior’s back. When two reporters go undercover as a priest and a nun to get the scoop, mistaken identities, hidden bottles and holy panic turn the convent upside down.

26th - 30th October 2027. At Dr Seward’s asylum north of London, young Mina is fading away, and two small marks on her throat point to a terrifying cause. Professor Van Helsing arrives to hunt down the creature responsible, but the charming new neighbour may be closer than anyone thinks. Ted Tiller’s classic thriller, with chills and laughs in equal measure.