Enjoy
A comedy by Alan Bennett (1980)
Director Christopher Luscombe
Designer Janet Bird
Lighting Designer Paul Pyant
Sound Designer Jason Barnes
Tuesday August 12th – Saturday August 30th
Starring Alison Steadman and David Troughton
“Richly enjoyable” - Guardian
Enjoy is a rarely-performed gem by one of theatre’s greatest observers of the English way of life.
Written in 1980, Alan Bennett set this dark comedy in his home town of Leeds where an ageing couple are living in the city’s last back-to-back. With the demolition of the area in progress, Wilf and Connie are soon to be re-housed in a brand new maisonette with a waste disposal unit and non-slip vinyl flooring! When a sociologist comes to observe them in their daily life, normality takes a decidedly atypical turn…
With its cast of fifteen extraordinary characters and a stunning visual denouement, Enjoy promises to be an absolute theatrical treat.
Alison Steadman
Alan Bennett
Alison Steadman is one of our best-loved and most prolific actresses. On stage, she created the role of the monstrous Beverly in Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party, and starred in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, for which she won an Olivier Award. Her films include Shirley Valentine, Clockwise, A Private Function and Mike Leigh’s Life Is Sweet and Topsy Turvy. Television work includes Fat Friends, Selling Hitler, The Singing Detective, The Caucasian Chalk Circle and Pride and Prejudice and recent appearances include The Worst Week of My Life, Gavin & Stacey and Fanny Hill.
David Troughton is one of our most experienced classical actors whose numerous credits for the RSC and National Theatre range from Henry IV, Caliban and Bottom to Hook in Peter Pan. Television credits include Casualty 1907, New Tricks, Doctor Who and A Very Peculiar Practice.
Alan Bennett has been a household name for more than forty years. His numerous plays include The History Boys, one of the biggest theatrical sensations of recent years, Habeas Corpus, Forty Years On, Single Spies, The Madness of George III, Talking Heads and The Lady in the Van.
“The writing, as you’d expect, is pin-sharp” – Daily Telegraph
“A piece ahead of its time, downroarious and heartily recommended” – Independent
“The one-liners are as blackly hilarious as anything by Joe Orton” – Financial Times
| Mon–Fri Evenings & Sat Matinee | £15.50 | £21.00 | £23.00 | £26.00 | £28.00 |
| Saturday Evening | £18.00 | £22.00 | £24.00 | £27.00 | £30.00 |
| Midweek Matinees & Sat 11am | £14.00 | £19.50 | £21.50 | £25.50 | £26.50 |
Performance Times
please see The Peter Hall Company 2008 for performance times
Described Performance: Wednesday 27 August 2.30pm