Alan Ayckbourn: World Premieres

This page has basic details about the World premieres of Alan Ayckbourn's plays, click on a play title to find out more about the play. Details of the London, New York and North American premieres of Alan Ayckbourn's plays can be found via the links above.

Note: The dates are the official opening dates (ie. press nights) and do not include prior previews (details of the first performance of an Ayckbourn play can be found in the Directing section of the website.

Play Title

World Premiere

Venue

The Square Cat
Love After All
Dad's Tale
Standing Room Only
Christmas V Mastermind
Mr Whatnot
Relatively Speaking
The Sparrow
How The Other Half Loves
Family Circles
Time And Time Again
Absurd Person Singular
Table Manners
Living Together
Round And Round The Garden
The Norman Conquests
Absent Friends
Confusions
Jeeves
By Jeeves

Bedroom Farce
Just Between Ourselves
Ten Times Table
Joking Apart
Sisterly Feelings
Taking Steps
Suburban Strains
Season’s Greetings
Way Upstream
Making Tracks
Intimate Exchanges
It Could Be Any One Of Us
A Chorus Of Disapproval
Woman In Mind
A Small Family Business
Henceforward...
Man Of The Moment
Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays
The Revengers’ Comedies
Invisible Friends
Body Language
This Is Where We Came In
Callisto 5
Callisto#7

Wildest Dreams
My Very Own Story
Time Of My Life
Dreams From A Summer House
Communicating Doors
Haunting Julia
The Musical Jigsaw Play
A Word From Our Sponsor
The Champion Of Paribanou
Things We Do For Love
Comic Potential
The Boy Who Fell Into A Book
House & Garden
Virtual Reality
Whenever
GamePlan
FlatSpin
RolePlay
Snake In The Grass
The Jollies
Sugar Daddies
Orvin: Champion Of Champions
My Sister Sadie
Drowning On Dry Land
Private Fears In Public Places
Miss Yesterday
Improbable Fiction
If I Were You
Life & Beth
Awaking Beauty
My Wonderful Day
Life Of Riley
Neighbourhood Watch
Surprises
Arrivals & Departures
Roundelay
Hero’s Welcome
Consuming Passions
A Brief History of Women
Better Off Dead
Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
Anno Domino
The Girl Next Door
All Lies
Family Album
Welcome to the Family
Constant Companions
Show & Tell
Earth Angel
30 July 1959
21 December 1959
19 December 1960
13 July 1961
26 December 1962
12 November 1963
8 July 1965
13 July 1967
31 July 1969
20 August 1970
8 July 1971
26 June 1972
18 June 1973
25 June 1973
2 July 1973
18 June 1973
17 June 1974
30 September 1974
22 April 1975
1 May 1996
16 June 1975
28 January 1976
18 January 1977
12 January 1978
10 / 11 January 1979
28 September 1979
18 January 1980
25 September 1980
2 October 1981
16 December 1981
3 June 1982
5 October 1983
2 May 1984
30 May 1985
21 May 1987
30 July 1987
10 August 1988
30 November 1988
13 June 1989
23 November 1989
21 May 1990
4 / 11 August 1990
12 December 1990
4 December 1999
6 May 1991
10 August 1991
21 April 1992
26 August 1992
2 February 1994
20 April 1994
1 December 1994
20 April 1995
4 December 1996
29 April 1997
4 June 1998
4 December 1998
17 June 1999
8 February 2000
5 December 2000
29 May 2001
3 July 2001
4 September 2001
5 June 2002
3 December 2002
22 July 2003
8 August 2003
2 December 2003
4 May 2004
17 August 2004
2 December 2004
31 May 2005
17 October 2006
22 July 2008
16 December 2008
13 October 2009
20 September 2010
13 September 2011
17 July 2012
6 August 2013
9 September 2014
8 September 2015
16 September 2016
5 September 2017
11 September 2018
10 September 2019
25 May 2020
8 June 2021
6 May 2022
6 September 2022
2023
12 September 2023
10 September 2024
16 September 2025
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Her Majesty's Theatre, London
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Theatre in the Round at the Library Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
The Olivier, National Theatre, London
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre website
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
All research in this section is by Simon Murgatroyd and should be credited if reproduced.