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?
Directed by the critically-acclaimed Jeremy Herrin, Absent Friends stars an astonishing cast of award-winning comedy talent from the worlds of stage, TV and film: David Armand (The Armstrong and Miller Show, 'Torn' Youtube Sensation), Elizabeth Berrington (In Bruges, Waterloo Road, Lapland, The Office), Katherine Parkinson (The IT Crowd, Season's Greetings, Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Sherlock), Steffan Rhodri (Gavin and Stacey), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen, Betty Blue Eyes, Pyschoville) and Kara Tointon (Pygmalion, EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing Winner 2010).
Absent Friends premiered in 1974 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre and received its London premiere a year later at the Garrick Theatre. Sonia Friedman Productions has previously produced Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests which, following its sell-out run at the Old Vic, transferred triumphantly to Broadway in 2009.
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