| Neighbourhood Watch | |||
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Dorothy Rod Luther Martin Gareth Amy Magda Hilda | ||
| Date premiered | 13 September 2011 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Taking the law into own hands, authoritarian ideals | ||
| Genre | Black Comedy | ||
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Neighbourhood Watch is a 2011 play by Alan Ayckbourn. The play premiered on 13 September 2011 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. [1]
The play centers around a brother and sister who innocently set up a Neighbourhood Watch group following petty crime from a nearby estate, [2] only for the group to go out of control and become an authoritarian force controlling the lives of the people they are supposed to protect. [3]
Critics were generally favourable with Michael Billington from The Guardian calling it "highly ambitious" and "biliously funny" [2] while The Daily Telegraph and The Stage also gave it positive reviews. [4]
A performance starring Paul Lavers was held at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage in May 2018. [5]
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