Garden

Alan Ayckbourn’s two linked plays Garden and House are played in repertory together at the National. These two comedies actually play at the same time which provides the setting for a simultaneous production in the Lyttelton. The same actors play characters in both the comedies, running from one stage to another. The shows can also be seen as individual pieces.
Down in the garden, frenzied preparations are underway for the annual village fête. Will the young maypole dancers pull it off? Is there someone sinister lurking in the bushes? And exactly what does go on in the fortune teller’s tent?