Menier Chocolate Factory to Stage Revival of Alan Ayckbourn's COMMUNICATING DOORS

With the UK première of Buyer and Cellar about to open, The Menier Chocolate Factory today announces the first London revival of Alan Ayckbourn's comedy thriller Communicating Doors. The production, directed by Lindsay Posner, opens on 13 May, with previews from 7 May, and runs until 27 June.

A hired dominatrix flees for her life through a hotel communicating door only to find herself 20 years in the past....

Communicating Doors won Ayckbourn the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best West End Play Award and the prestigious Molière Award in France. It was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Comedy.

Casting will be announced shortly.

Tickets go on sale to members from Monday, 16 March, and to the general public from Monday, 23 March.

Alan Ayckbourn is an Olivier and Tony Award winning playwright who has written 78 plays, more than half of which have been produced in London's West End as well as around the world. Some of his best known work includes Absurd Person Singular, The Norman Conquests, Season's Greetings, Bedroom Farce and A Chorus of Disapproval.

Lindsay Posner returns to the Menier Chocolate Factory having previously directed Abigail's Party for the theatre (also Theatre Royal Bath, Wyndham's Theatre and UK tour). This will be his second time directing an Ayckbourn play, following Relatively Speaking at Wyndham's Theatre. He has two shows about to open in the West End - Harvey at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and Hay Fever at the Duke of York's. His recent productions include Speed the Plow (Playhouse Theatre), A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath), Other Desert Cities, The Winslow Boy and Noises Off (The Old Vic), The Turn of the Screw (Almeida Theatre) and Uncle Vanya (Vaudeville Theatre). He was Associate Director of the Royal Court from 1987-1992 where his productions included Death and the Maiden (which transferred to the Duke of York's and won two Olivier Awards), Colquhoun and McBrydeand The Treatment.

To post a comment, you must register and login.