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Alan Ayckbourn: London Productions

This page has basic details about the London premieres and revivals of Alan Ayckbourn's plays, click on a play title to

find out more about the play. This list includes all significant London productions including the West End and major finge

productions. For a list of what are regarded as purely West End productions of Alan Ayckbourn's plays, click here.

 

Notes: The dates are the official opening dates (i.e. press nights) and do not include previews. Plays not available for

production have been omitted from the list. Plays are listed in the order they were written (indicated by the number before

the play title). Greyed out titles indicate plays which have not been produced in London.
 
Play Title   Premiere Date   Venue
6)   Mr Whatnot   6 August 1964   New Arts Theatre
7)   Relatively Speaking   29 March 1967   Duke Of York's Theatre
9)   How The Other Half Loves   5 August 1970   Lyric Theatre
10) Family Circles   24 November 1978   Orange Tree Theatre
11) Time And Time Again   16 August 1972   Comedy Theatre
12) Absurd Person Singular   4 July 1973   Criterion Theatre
12) Absurd Person Singular
  30 September 1974
   Vaudeville Theatre (transfer from Criterion Theatre)
12) Absurd Person Singular
  15 May 1990   Whitehall Theatre
12) Absurd Person Singular
  11 December 2007   Garrick Theatre
13) Table Manners   9 May 1974   Greenwich Theatre
14) Living Together   21 May 1974   Greenwich Theatre
15) Round And Round The Garden   6 June 1974   Greenwich Theatre
15) The Norman Conquests   1 / 5 / 8 August   Globe Theatre (transfer from Greenwich Theatre)
15) The Norman Conquests
   6 December 1975
   Apollo Theatre (transfer from Globe Theatre)
15) The Norman Conquests
   6 October 2008   The Old Vic
16) Absent Friends   23 July 1975   Garrick Theatre
16) Absent Friends   9 February 2012
   Harold Pinter Theatre
17) Confusions   19 May 1976   Apollo Theatre
18) Jeeves   22 April 1975   Her Majesty's Theatre, London
18) By Jeeves   2 July 1996
   Duke Of York's Theatre
18) By Jeeves
  1 February 2011   Landor Theatre
19) Bedroom Farce   16 March 1977   The Lyttelton, National Theatre
19) Bedroom Farce
  7 November 1978
   Aldywch Theatre (transfer from National Theatre)
19) Bedroom Farce
  8 April 2002   Aldywch Theatre
19) Bedroom Farce
  1 October 2009   Rose Theatre
19) Bedroom Farce   24 March 2010   Duke Of York's Theatre (transfer from the Rose Theatre)
20) Just Between Ourselves   20 April 1977   Queen's Theatre
21) Ten Times Table   5 April 1978   Globe Theatre
22) Joking Apart   7 March 1979   Globe Theatre
23) Sisterly Feelings   3 / 4 June 1980   The Olivier, National Theatre
24) Taking Steps   2 September 1980   Lyric Theatre
24) Taking Steps
  24 March 2010   Orange Tree Theatre
25) Suburban Strains   5 February 1981   Round House
26) Season’s Greetings   13 October 1980   Greenwich Theatre
26) Season's Greetings
28 January 1982
Greenwich Theatre
26) Season's Greetings   29 March 1982   Apollo Theatre (transfer from Greenwich Theatre)
26) Season's Greetings   8 December 2010   The Lyttelton, National Theatre
27) Way Upstream   4 October 1982   The Lyttelton, National Theatre
28) Making Tracks   14 March 1983   Greenwich Theatre
29) Intimate Exchanges   11 June 1983   Greenwich Theatre
29) Intimate Exchanges   14 August 1983   Ambassador's Theatre (transfer from Greenwich Theatre)
30) It Could Be Any One Of Us        
31) A Chorus Of Disapproval   1 August 1985   The Olivier, National Theatre
31) A Chorus Of Disapproval   11 June 1986
   Lyric Theatre (Transfer from National Theatre)
32) Woman In Mind   3 September 1986   Vaudeville Theatre
32) Woman In Mind
  6 February 2009   Vaudeville Theatre
33) A Small Family Business   21 May 1987   The Olivier, National Theatre, London
34) Henceforward...   21 November 1988   Vaudeville Theatre
35) Man Of The Moment   14 February 1990   Globe Theatre
36) Mr A’s Amazing Maze Plays   30 September 1989   Polka Theatre
36) Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays   4 March 1993   The Cottesloe, National Theatre
37) The Revengers’ Comedies   16 / 17 October 1991   Strand Theatre
38) Invisible Friends   13 March 1991   The Cottesloe, National Theatre
39) Body Language        
40) This Is Where We Came In        
41) Callisto 5        
41) Callisto#7        
42) Wildest Dreams   14 December 1993   The Pit, The Barbican
43) My Very Own Story        
44) Time Of My Life   3 August 1993   Vaudeville Theatre
45) Dreams From A Summer
45) House		        
46) Communicating Doors   7 August 1995   Gielgud Theatre
46) Communicating Doors   29 January 1996
   Savoy Theatre
47) Haunting Julia   27 May 2011   Riverside Studio

49) A Word From Our Sponsor

        
50) The Champion Of Paribanou        
51) Things We Do For Love   3 March 1998   Gielgud Theatre
51) Things We Do For Love   26 August 1998
   Duchess Theatre (transfer from Gielgud Theatre)
52) Comic Potential   13 October 1999   Lyric Theatre
53) The Boy Who Fell Into A Book   18 July 2012    Soho Theatre
54) House &
   8 August 2000   The Lyttelton, National Theatre
55) Garden   8 August 2000   The Olivier, National Theatre
57) Whenever        
58) GamePlan   7 September 2002   Duchess Theatre
59) FlatSpin   7 September 2002   Duchess Theatre
60) RolePlay   7 September 2002   Duchess Theatre
61) Snake In The Grass   9 February 2011   The Print Room
62) The Jollies        
63) Sugar Daddies        
64) Orvin: Champion Of
64) Champions 		       
65) My Sister Sadie        
66) Drowning On Dry Land   24 February 2011   Jermyn Street Theatre
67) Private Fears In Public Places   5 May 2005   Orange Tree Theatre
68) Miss Yesterday        
69) Improbable Fiction        
70) If I Were You        
71) Life & Beth        
72) Awaking Beauty        
73) My Wonderful Day        
74) Life Of Riley        
75) Neighbourhood Watch   11 April 2012
   Tricycle Theatre, London
76) Surprises



         
 

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