This page lists upcoming professional productions of Alan Ayckbourn’s plays and events relating to the playwright. Click on a play title to find out more.

Exhibitions:

◦ The Ayckbourn Collection on Display  at Scarborough Art Gallery (until 23 June)
A display of some of the objects from the Ayckbourn Collection held by Scarborough Museums and Galleries looking at Alan Ayckbourn, Stephen Joseph and theatre in the round. Entry is £5 for an annual pass to Scarborough Museums & Galleries venues.

May 2024

◦ Things We Do For Love at The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere (17 May – 1 June)
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn

◦ A Chorus of Disapproval at Salisbury Playhouse (25 April – 18 May)

June 2024

◦ Things We Do For Love at The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere (17 May – 1 June)
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn

◦ Table Manners at Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne (20 – 29 June)

July 2024

◦ Talk: Alan Ayckbourn’s House & Garden at 25  at the Italian Gardens, South Cliff, Scarborough (9 July at 2pm)
A talk with Alan Ayckbourn’s Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd M.A.

August 2024

◦ Bedroom Farce at The Mill at Sonning (1 August – 21 September)

◦ Snake in the Grass at Southwold Summer Theatre (21 – 24 August)

◦ Snake in the Grass at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall (26 – 31 August)

◦ Relatively Speaking at Sheringham Little Theatre (27 – 31 August)

◦ Talk: Artistically Directed  at Filey Library & streaming (1 August at 10.30am)
A talk with Alan Ayckbourn’s Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd M.A.

September 2024

◦ Show & Tell at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (5 September – 5 October)
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn

◦ Everything Including The Kitchen Sink at the Stephen Joseph Theatre (13 September at 7pm)
The world premiere of a new film featuring intimate conversation with Alan Ayckbourn, preceded by a talk with Alan Ayckbourn’s Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd M.A. celebrating the milestone of the writer’s 90th play and an extraordinary playwriting career.

◦ Father of Invention  at the Stephen Joseph Theatre (15 September at 3pm)
An exclusive rehearsed reading with Alan Ayckbourn and a hand-picked company of actors of a previously unseen play, Father of Invention, written during lockdown.

◦ Bedroom Farce at The Mill at Sonning (1 August – 21 September)

◦ Post Show Q&A: Show & Tell at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (20 September)
With Alan Ayckbourn and his company

◦ Table Manners at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich (24 – 28 September)

October 2024

◦ Show & Tell at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough (5 September – 5 October)
Directed by Alan Ayckbourn

◦ Talk: From Page to Stage – The Woman in Black  at Beeforth’s Hive, South Cliff, Scarborough (29 October at 6.30pm)
A talk with Alan Ayckbourn’s Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd M.A.

Streaming (2024)

◦ Talk: Ayckbourn at the Library Theatre  at Scarborough Library
A talk with Alan Ayckbourn’s Archivist, Simon Murgatroyd M.A.

◦ Interview: Scarborough Spotlight Podcast  Interview with Simon Murgatroyd (Apple Podcast / Spotify Podcasts)