It's not just the number of laughs that impresses in Jeremy Herrin's knockout production of Alan Ayckbourn's "Absent Friends," it's the length of them. The production’s governing principle is ...

Paul Schrader cuts to the chase: “Before you ask any questions, let me tell you the answers.” The 68-year-old director and screenwriter is busy. For the Monya Rowe Gallery in Lower Manhattan he has ...

There are those rare instances when a director perfectly casts and directs a play. The actor in every role inhabits the playwright’s characters and delivers performances that transcend an exceptional ...

The play is Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends, staged by Catherine Lomax as the latest in a twice-yearly sequence of in-house productions at Stevenage's Gordon Craig Theatre – itself dating from the ...

2 TITANIQUE Will Open on Broadway at the St. James Theatre When Colin loses his fiancée, his married friends invite him round for comfort over tea and sandwiches. As the tea starts to pour, it's clear ...

Rob Walker is taking on the epic journey from John O’Groats to Land’s End this month as he hopes to spread a bit of joy after a tragic time. The last 18 months has been a horribly painful time for Rob ...

Absent Friends – The 7th Dimension on BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds As 2023 draws to a close, BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Toby Hadoke pays tribute to some of the performers, producers and writers from the ...

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