Alarms and Excursions

An evening of short and not so short comic plays takes a wry look at our relationship with modern day gadgets and gizmos designed to make our lives easier... or do they?
Four old friends sit down for a quiet evening together. But they are harassed by various bells, sirens, buzzers, warblers, beepers and cheepers, all trying to warn them of something. What are these electronic voices trying to tell them? Can they understand the mysterious disasters before disaster strikes? It's a race against time - because there are seven more plays and twenty more characters still to come before the evening is through, plus a lot more strange noises - and increasingly desperate calls from eleven separate pay phones...
"Alarms and Excursions" sees Frayn return in sparkling comic form as he takes a wry look at our increasingly desperate reliance on technology. In the opening play, "Alarms", a cosy dinner party collapses in mayhem as the gadgets turn on their masters. In the final play, "Immobiles" the numerous phones and phone messages lead to total confusion and increasing desperation. And there are six more hilarious plays in between...

"This is simply breathtaking, comfortingly and appallingly funny. Frayn is writing about life and living, and how living with its props and artificial needs, keeps getting in the way of life." The Sunday Times


*** Note - season runs from Thursday 25th April to Saturday 11th May, performances Tues-Sat at 8:15pm and Sundays at 5:00pm. Can't seem to add this info to the calendar, so only May performances are showing!