Michael Frayn's 'gorgeous farce' about a university reunionpremiered thirty years ago at the Globe Theatre, London. Returning tothe West End in a sparkling new production, it remains a classiccomedy.
Twenty years after graduation, six former students return totheir university college for a reunion dinner. Whilst their lives mayhave had varying degrees of success, all are connected by a commonpast. Once locked in college for the night, the graduates begin torelive their youth, and old friendships, feuds - and the much-desiredbut absurdly proper Master's wife - come tumbling back into the present. . .
'The show reaches that plateau of comic bliss when it becomes physically impossible to stop laughing' Daily Telegraph
'The West End's summer gets off to an exhilarating start withthe hilarious return of Michael Frayn's comedy Donkeys' Years' SundayExpress
'All the confidence of a serious comic masterpiece.Masterclass performances. This is one of the best revivals in the WestEnd for years. Unmissable!' Sunday Times