• Runtime: 120 minutes

• Theatre

by Noël Coward

"I’ve reached an age now when I just want to sit back and let things go on around me – and they do."

Set in an English country house on the River Thames, this play blends over-the-top hijinks, slapstick, satire, and a comedy of manners to present a unique portrait of a wacky and endearing English family in the early 1920s.

Each of the four members of the Bliss family has invited a guest to stay at the family estate for the weekend. This sets the stage for a series of raucous misunderstandings that only serve to underscore an unspoken but universal fact: There is no such thing as a normal family.

Noël Coward’s sparkling comedy was written just two years after the foundation of the Nottingham Playgoers’ Club, which eventually became the Lace Market Theatre. A perfect tribute to the gaiety – and fragility – of the mood of the 1920’s, it celebrates our centenary in style.

NB: Contains smoking

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk