Improbable Fiction
Director: Dave
Livingstone
Alan
Ayckbourn's 69th play Improbable Fiction
is
a hilarious comedy featuring an amateur writing group, where
everyone has
at least one book in them, but is having
problems getting it out.
Chairman Arnold Hassock considers
that The Pendon
Writers' Circle is in a bit of a
rut. At the December meeting he throws down a
challenge to
the members: "If you feel you are a writer, if you deep down
believe you are a writer, then for goodness sake
get on with the
writing".
Unfortunately, be it technical
writing, science
fiction, Victorian romance,
murder/mystery or children's stories, the motley
group of would-be authors gathered in Arnold's
house, whilst happy to talk
about the creative process, are
more familiar with writers' block than flowing
prose.
With personalities clashing as loudly as the thunder outside, the
meeting winds up, but as the storm suddenly plunges the house into
darkness, so Arnold and the departing authors are plunged into
their own fantastical, imaginary worlds. In a stunning second act,
the audience is
whirled through a hilarious mix
of word play,
literary genres, clever pastiche and subplots
until one is indeed left
thinking:
If this were played upon a stage
now I would
condemn it as an improbable
fiction.
(Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 4)
Cast Characters
Shelley Bethan Morgan Ilsa
Neil Maidman Arnold
Trevor Howlett Brevis
Rose Collins Vivvi
Matthew Curran Clem
Irene Livingstone Jess
Peta Maidman Grace
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