Nicholas Hytner’s sod-you farewell: Rules for Living at the Dorfman reviewed

Rules for Living

Dorfman, in rep until 8 July

Spend Spend Spend

Union Theatre, until 18 April

Experts are concerned that Alan Ayckbourn’s plays may soon face extinction. Fewer than 80 of these precious beasts still exist in their natural habitat, so theatre-goers will be cheered to know that the National Theatre has created a genetically identical replica and released it into the wild. Rules for Living, fashioned by Sam Holcroft from the Acykbourn blueprint, is a bourgeois natter-fest in which bickering couples meet for a fractious Christmas summit.

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TaggedAlan Ayckbourn, Dorfman, Musicals, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner, Rules for Living, Sam Holcroft, Spend Spend Spend, Theatre, Union Theatre

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Nicholas Hytner’s sod-you farewell: Rules for Living at the Dorfman reviewed

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