DAVID K. BARNES - WRITER
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BIRTHDAY SUIT
written by David K. Barnes

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“This is where the magic happens!”

It's Richard's birthday, the big 4-0. He's throwing a party and inviting all his colleagues. Diane is new to the firm
 and, delighted to be asked, she's brought along her boyfriend Nick, who has promised to be the spirit of party itself.
 There's trifle. Lots of trifle. And nibbles. ​There's just one problem: nobody else is coming to Richard's party. 


It looks like Diane and Nick are in for a long evening, trapped with their peculiar host and their own worst anxieties.
But then someone else does turn up. Someone with a lot of history and an appetite for revenge...  

A
 sharp and biting new comedy from one of the UK’s funniest up-and-coming writers, 
​Birthday Suit asks: at what point we do give up our dreams and join in with the real world?


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"Like Ayckbourn for millennials."
- The Guardian
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For EJ Martin
"A mercilessly tense piece of writing."
- The Stage

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For David K. Barnes
"Recalls Neil LaBute at his best."
- The Times
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For Liam Bewley
PRODUCTIONS

Masquerade Theatre Company, Blue Box, Msida Malta, 2017
pluck. productions, Old Red Lion Theatre, London UK 2017
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Birthday Suit
 was originally performed January 10th - February 4th 2017, at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London
​with the following cast and crew:

Diane ~ EJ MARTIN
Nick ~ PHILIP HONEYWELL
Richard ~ LIAM BEWLEY
Valerie ~ EMILY STRIDE

Production Designer ~ GEORGIA DE GREY
Lighting Designer ~ SAM WADDINGTON
Sound Designer ~ RICHARD BELL
Stage Manager ~ ZOE DOWLER
Production Manager ~ ED BORGNIS

Directed by ALICE MALIN
Produced by pluck. productions

Duration: 120 minutes
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