Synopsis

Colin must be comforted in his grief over the death of his fiancée so his friends, who never met the girl, arrange a tea party for him. Understandably they are edge wondering what to say, but there is more to their unease. Diane and Paul, John and Evelyn, and Marge and her husband is perpetually out of circulation with trivial illnesses are all kept together by a mixture of business and cross marital emotional ties. By the time Colin arrives for tea, their tenseness contrasts dramatically with his air of cheerful relaxation. He is the only one among them and his happiness and insensitive analyses of troubles causes each of them to break down.

Written by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Rosemary Nursey-Bray

 

Cast

Diana - Fiona Tillman

Evelyn - Sasha Frost

Marge - Melissa Rundle

Paul Gregory Paterson

John - Peter Dewar

Colin - Wayne Eckert