Man Of The Moment (1988)

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Alan Ayckbourn
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Stephen Joseph Theatre In The Round
Main house (Round)
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10 August 1988
10 August 1988
29 October 1988
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Alan Ayckbourn
Mick Thomas
Michael Holt
Paul Todd
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Character
Jill Rillington
Trudy
Kenny Collins
Ruy
Douglas Beechey
Vic Parks
Cindy
Sharon Giffin
Marta
Ashley Barnes
David
Vaughan Curtis
Kate Haswell
David O'Neill
Braco Dawson
Sarah Percival

Actor
Lynette Edwards
Lesley Meade
Simon Chandler
Daniel Collings
Jon Strickland
Peter Laird
Lisa Bailey / Charlotte Kershaw
Shirley-Anne Selby
Doreen Andrew
Peter Forbes
Adam Godley

Why is this play significant?

Alan Ayckbourn's acclaimed and award-winning play about the media. It's notable for having a swimming pool on stage from which characters both enter and leave the stage swimming and where someone must convincingly drown in view of the audience. It marked the last of Alan Ayckbourn's ventures into having water in his plays! The company is notable for including Adam Godley and Peter Forbes, who both worked regularly with the company during this period before finding international success on stage and screen.

Notes

○ Man Of The Moment features a swimming-pool on-stage into which characters must be able to enter and leave the stage whilst swimming.

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All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.