Alan Ayckbourn: Plays Available For Production

This page offers a complete guide to which Alan Ayckbourn plays are currently available for production by professional and amateur companies (please note, certain plays may become unavailable at any time due to major productions / tours). The list includes a breakdown of the cast.

Plays marked with 'Enquiries' should contact Alan Ayckbourn's agent, Casarotto Ramsay, to enquire as to the availability of the specific work.
Play Title
Absent Friends
Absurd Person Singular
All Lies
Anno Domino
Arrivals & Departures
Awaking Beauty
Bedroom Farce
Better Off Dead
Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
Body Language
The Boy Who Fell Into A Book
The Boy Who Fell... (musical)
A Brief History of Women
By Jeeves
Callisto 5
Callisto#7
The Champion Of Paribanou
A Chorus Of Disapproval
Christmas V Mastermind
Comic Potential
Communicating Doors
Confusions
Constant Companions
Consuming Passions
Dad's Tale
Damsels In Distress (trilogy)
Dreams From A Summer House
Drowning On Dry Land
Family Album
Family Circles
FlatSpin
GamePlan
The Girl Next Door
Haunting Julia
Henceforward...
Hero’s Welcome
House & Garden
How The Other Half Loves
If I Were You
Improbable Fiction
Intimate Exchanges
Invisible Friends
It Could Be Any One Of Us
Jeeves
Joking Apart
The Jollies
Just Between Ourselves
The Karaoke Theatre Company
Living Together
Life & Beth
Life Of Riley
Love After All
Making Tracks
Man Of The Moment
Miss Yesterday
Mr A's Amazing Maze Plays
Mr Whatnot
The Musical Jigsaw Play
My Sister Sadie
My Very Own Story
My Wonderful Day
Neighbourhood Watch
The Norman Conquests (trilogy)
Orvin: Champion Of Champions
Private Fears In Public Places
Relatively Speaking
The Revengers' Comedies
RolePlay
Round And Round The Garden
Roundelay
Season's Greetings
Show & Tell
Sisterly Feelings
A Small Family Business
Snake In The Grass
The Sparrow
The Square Cat
Standing Room Only
Suburban Strains
Sugar Daddies
Surprises
Taking Steps
Ten Times Table
Table Manners
Things We Do For Love
This Is Where We Came In
Time And Time Again
Time Of My Life
Virtual Reality
Way Upstream
Welcome to the Family
Whenever
Wildest Dreams
Woman In Mind
A Word From Our Sponsor

One Act / Short Plays
Chlöe With Love (Farcicals)
Countdown
A Cut In The Rates
Farcicals
The Kidderminster Affair (Farcicals)
No Knowing
The Westwoods: His Side
The Westwoods: Her Side

Revues
Boy Meets Girl / Girl Meets Boy
Cheap And Cheerful
First Course
Incidental Music
Me, Myself And I
Men On Women On Men
Mere Soup Songs
Second Helping
The 7 Deadly Virtues

Adaptations
Dear Uncle
The Forest
Tons Of Money
A Trip To Scarborough
Wolf At The Door
Cast
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1m / 2f (3)
3m / 3f (6)
7m / 4f (11)
5m / 5f (10)
4m / 4f (8)
4m / 3f (7)
2m / 2f (4)
5m / 3f (8)
3m / 3f (6)
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3m / 3f (6)
7m / 3f (10)
2m / 1f (3)
2m / 2f (4)
7m / 3f (10)
7m / 6f (13)
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5m / 5f (10)
3m / 3f (6)
3m / 2f (5)
3m / 4f (7)
2m / 2f (4)
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4m / 3f (7)
1m / 4f (5)
4m / 4f (8)
4m / 3f (7)
4m / 3f (7)
2m / 2f (4)
3m (3)
2m / 3f (5)
3m / 3f (6)
6m / 8f (14)
3m / 3f (6)
3m / 2f (5)
3m / 4f (7)
1m / 1f (2)
4m / 3f (7)
3m / 3f (6)
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2m / 3f (5)
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3m / 3f (6)
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5m / 5f (10)
3m / 4f (7)
6m / 2f (8)
4m / 3f (7)
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3m / 4f (7)
7m / 6f (13)
2m / 4f (6)
4m / 4f (8)
3m / 3f (6)
15m / 7f +
4m / 3f (7)
2m / 2f (4)
7m / 7f (14)
3m / 4f (7)
3m / 3f (6)
4m / 4f (8)
5m / 4f (9)
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7m / 4f (11)
7m / 6f (13)
3f (3)
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4m / 3f (7)
2m / 3f (5)
3m / 3f (6)
4m / 2f (6)
6m / 4f (10)
3m / 3f (6)
2m / 2f (4)
5m / 4f (9)
3m / 2f (5)
4m / 3f (7)
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5m / 4f (9)
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2m / 2f (4)
4m / 3f (7)


4m / 4f (8)
8m / 3f (9)
6m / 4f (10)
8m / 3f (11)
10m / 6f (16)
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All research in this section is by Simon Murgatroyd and should be credited if reproduced.