How the Other Half Loves
by Alan Ayckbourn

How The Other Half Loves ingeniously juggles time and space as it presents the intricate lives and liaisons, passions and growing panic of three married couples. There’s the well-meaning but hapless boss; his wife who is involved in a dalliance with one of his employees; the philanderer himself, his hopelessly inept wife and two unsuspecting human alibis... Place the characters on a single set portraying two dinner parties on two consecutive evenings happening simultaneously and prepare for one of Ayckbourn’s most brilliantly-crafted comedies.

Inventive and hilarious, How the Other Half Loves cemented Ayckbourn’s reputation as a master of the situation comedy genre.

A former director of the Theatre of Comedy, Alan Strachan has worked extensively as a director of more than 30 West End productions ranging from new plays to revivals and musical revue, in work by writers as varied as Ayckbourn, Coward, Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare. Recently he has directed Glorious! starring Maureen Lipman, Entertaining Angels starring Penelope Keith and The Letter starring Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews.

Nicholas Le Prevost has appeared many times in Bath, most notably in Peter Hall’s hilarious productions of Feydeau farces including An Absolute Turkey for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award. Another recent Olivier Award nomination was for his role as Colonel Pickering in the National Theatre and West End production of My Fair Lady. Marsha Fitzalan is best known for playing Sarah B’Stard opposite Rik Mayall in The New Statesman.