THE latest play to hit Birmingham Repertory Theatre is Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn, the tale of a trio of Christmas parties in social climbing 1970s suburbia.
Sidney and Jane are on their way up, Eva and Geoff on their way out and the Brewster-Wrights on their way down.
Taking turns to host the annual gathering, the three couples get more festivity than they bargain for as the drink begins to flow.
The reluctant revellers find themselves at the core of a range of funny encounters as the kitchen becomes a hotbed of marital mayhem and an explosive cocktail of love and loneliness is stirred up.
Absurd Person Singular takes place from Friday, November 17 until Saturday, December 2 and from Wednesday, December 13 until Saturday, December 23.
Performances start at 8pm with matinees on November 23 and 25 at 2.30pm. Tickets cost £4.99-£19.50 from the box office on 0121 236 4455.
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