Alan Ayckbourn's 'uproariously funny and charming' comedy Relatively Speaking returns to Cambridge Arts Theatre, starring beloved actress Liza Goddard.
Relatively Speaking tells the story of Greg, who only met Ginny a month ago but has already made up his mind she's the girl for him.
When she tells him that she's going to visit her parents, he decides this is the moment to ask her father for his daughter's hand in marriage.
Discovering a scribbled address, he follows her to Buckinghamshire where he finds Philip and Sheila enjoying a peaceful Sunday morning breakfast in the garden. The only trouble is, they're not Ginny's parents...
The play is set in 1965, and takes place during a summer weekend in the bedsitting room of Ginny's London flat and on the garden patio of Philip and Sheila's Buckinghamshire home.
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The Sunday Times described Relatively Speaking as a "perfectly conceived, immaculately executed farce...as funny as ever".
Liza Goddard's previous television credits include Doctor Who and Bergerac. She has also frequently performed in Ayckbourn plays - appearing in Life of Riley, Communicating Doors and Season's Greetings.
Starring alongside her is Steven Pacey (Blake's 7) and Antony Eden (Emmerdale).
British playwright Alan Ayckbourn has written over 85 full-length plays. More than 40 of Ayckbourn's plays have been produced in London's West End, at the National Theatre or Royal Shakespeare Company.
His most notable plays include Absurd Person Singular, Bedroom Farce and How the Other Half Loves.
Originally titled Meet My Father, Relatively Speaking is Ayckbourn's first major success. It was first performed at the Library Theatre in Scarborough in 1967.
The original play starred Celia Johnson - most famous for Brief Encounter - and Richard Briers.
The play runs from Tuesday, February 7 to Saturday, February 11 at Cambridge Arts Theatre.
Performances are at 7.30pm Tuesday to Saturday, with matinee performances at 2.30pm on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Tickets cost either £20, £25, £35 or £45, and all ticket prices include a £3 booking fee.
For tickets go to www.cambridgeartstheatre.com or call the box office on 01223 503333.
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