RolePlay: Significant Productions

This page contains details of significant productions of Alan Ayckbourn's RolePlay, such as the world and London premieres as well as Ayckbourn-directed revivals. It is not a complete list of productions given how frequently Alan Ayckbourn's plays are performed by professionals and amateur companies around the world.

World Premiere (2001)

First performance: 30 August 2001
World premiere: 4 September 2001
Final performance: 17 November 2001
Venue: Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
Staging: Round

Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Design: Roger Glossop
Lighting: Mick Hughes
Costumes: Christine Wall
Choreography: Sheila Carter
Fight Director: Richard Ryan
Music: Keith Jarrett

Stage Manager: Dawn Erica Dyson
Deputy Stage Manager: Corrie Jamie Cooper
Assistant Stage Manager: Shane Thom
Character
Arabella Lazenby
Julie-Ann Jobson
Paige Petite
Derek Jobson
Micky Rale
Dee Jobson
Justin Lazenby
Actor
Jacqueline King
Saskia Butler
Alison Pargeter
Robert Austin
Tim Faraday
Beth Tuckey
Bill Champion

London Premiere (2002)

Premiere: 7 September 2002
Closed: 11 January 2003
Venue: The Duchess Theatre, London
Staging: End-stage

Director: Alan Ayckbourn
Design: Roger Glossop
Lighting: Mick Hughes
Costumes: Christine Wall
Music: Keith Jarrett
Character
Arabella Lazenby
Julie-Ann Jobson
Paige Petite
Derek Jobson
Micky Rale
Dee Jobson
Justin Lazenby
Actor
Jacqueline King
Saskia Butler
Alison Pargeter
Robert Austin
Tim Faraday
Beth Tuckey
Bill Champion

Revival (2016)

Premiere: 23 June 2016
Closed: 12 October 2016
Venue: Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Staging: End-stage

Director: Richard Baron
Design: Ken Harrison
Lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell
Fight Director: Raymond Short
Character
Arabella Lazenby
Julie-Ann Jobson
Paige Petite
Derek Jobson
Micky Rale
Dee Jobson
Justin Lazenby
Actor
Amanda Osborne
Kirsty Mackay
Gemma McElhinney
Owen Aaronvitch
David Mahoney
Stephanie Wilson
Christopher Price

Revival (2019)

Premiere: 24 July 2019
Venue: Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Staging: Round

Company: Dick & Lottie
Director: John Cotgrave
Design: Richard McArtney
Technical: James Clare
Music: Paul Chamberlain
Character
Arabella Lazenby
Julie-Ann Jobson
Paige Petite
Derek Jobson
Micky Rale
Dee Jobson
Justin Lazenby
Actor
Maria Sykes
Melissa Wadsworth
Claire Marlein
Philip Butterfield
Todd Wilson
Catherine Traveller
Andrew Goulding
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd.