Absent Friends Theatre Break

Welcome to a tea party you'll never forget, as Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy of manners and social embarrassment serves up a slice of deliciously black humour in the West End this January.

When Colin loses his fiancée, his married friends invite him round for comfort over tea and sandwiches. As the tea starts to pour, it’s clear that trouble is brewing with a wickedly funny blend of jealousy, infidelity and barely concealed loathing.

Tension starts to boil and maybe Colin isn’t the one who needs help... with friends like these, who needs enemies?

Absent Friends premiered in 1974 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and received its London premier a year later at the Garrick Theatre.

Absent Friends Theatre breaks by train ... Make it easy on yourself and take a theatre break by train. Our train prices are very competitive so after you have picked the hotel for your theatre break, click on the "Add a rail journey" link in the "Optional Extras" section. You will be speeding your way to Absent Friends before you know it and you'll avoid the congestion charges too! (Train journeys are supplied by a number of different operators).