The Night Before

Overview

A family gathers in a 1950s hotel bar on the eve of an important family occasion. A wedding? A funeral? A christening? A 100th birthday? That's for the audience to decide.

'The Night Before' is an unscripted absurdist comedy in which the actors know their characters, but have no idea how the play will unfold. There is no script, and no guarantee that anyone will behave sensibly.

Inspired by the Theatre of the Absurd, the show explores the peculiarities of human behaviour as polite conversation gives way to misunderstandings, suspicion, shifting loyalties and increasingly ridiculous situations. Small matters become matters of enormous importance, and everyone takes themselves terribly seriously.

What could possibly go wrong?

Each performance is a completely new play, shaped by the characters, the audience's choice of occasion and whatever happens in the moment.

Expect uncomfortable silences, impeccable manners and a slow descent into the unreasonable.