Absent Friends

Coward Studio

Colin’s friends think he needs cheering up. Cups of tea are poured, sandwiches are passed… and emotional chaos simmers just beneath the surface.

It turns out Colin might be the most happy of them all. 

Good intentions quickly give way to misunderstandings, buried tensions, and hilariously awkward truths. 

Master of comedy Alan Ayckbourn writes a brilliantly observed portrait of social discomfort at its most entertaining. Full of his trademark razor-sharp wit, he unravels the comedy in our collective inability to say what we really mean.

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