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Absent Friends

The play is about Diane, who is unhappily married to Paul, a bullish control freak. She throws a tea party for one of their old friends, Colin, whose fiancée has recently died, and invites her daffy best friend Marge. Whilst one of the significant absences onstage is straightforwardly humorous - as Marge takes a series of telephone calls from her husband, who manages to suffer endless misfortunes even when confined to his bed - the tone is primarily set by Colin's rhapsodising about his recently deceased fiancée. Into this come John, his new wife Evelyn and their baby Wayne. Stage by stage things start to go wrong and ultimately Diana loses it and has a breakdown both on and off stage. In true farce style she leaves a trail of wreckage behind her, both physical and emotional.
Dates:	Thursday 25th February 2010 to Saturday 13th March 2010
Time(s)	19:30 ;09 March 2010 19:30 - Captioned ;10 March 2010 19:30 - Audio Described ;12 March 2010 19:30 - Sign Interpreted
Author(s)	Alan Ayckbourn
Showing at	Harrogate Theatre & Studio

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