Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughAlan Ayckbourn directs this excellent revival of his 1980 comedy of a family suffering a less than festive Christmas Playwright Alan Ayckbourn remembers a piece of writing advice offered by his mentor, the director and pioneer of theatre-in-the-round Stephen Joseph (1921-67): "You must have a central character A who wants B, and if he gets it, it's a comedy and if he doesn't it's a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:36AM on September 1, 2019