Finally, an Ayckbourn play for the 21st century!
“It’s like Pulp Fiction without the violence.” – Alan Ayckbourn
“But it’s more like Love Actually with brains.” – David Whiteley
“Rueful, funny, touching and altogether wonderful.”
– The New York Times
Written a year after Love Actually and echoing some of it’s best elements, but better: where Love Actually is all heart and belly laughs, Private Fears has heart, belly and brain. Sir Alan has previously tickled Gladstone audiences with his well-known early hits How the Other Half Loves, Bedroom Farce, Absurd Person Singular, and The Norman Conquests. In this more mature work, “Britain’s Neil Simon” trades in the artifice of his earlier plays for a contemporary, film-like style as he depicts the loneliness of life in the big city. Though the style may be new, Ayckbourn’s genius shines bright as ever. With his trademark mix of humour, insight and compassion, Sir Alan deftly interweaves three stories about six Londoners searching for love, sex, and a decent apartment.
This show contains mild coarse language and sexually suggestive audio
The run time for this show is approx 2.5 hours including intermission.
