Donkeys' Years

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Michael Frayn's 'gorgeous farce' about a university reunion premiered thirty years ago at the Globe Theatre, London. Returning to the West End in a sparkling new production, it remains a classic comedy.

Twenty years after graduation, six former students return to their university college for a reunion dinner. Whilst their lives may have had varying degrees of success, all are connected by a common past. Once locked in college for the night, the graduates begin to relive their youth, and old friendships, feuds - and the much-desired but 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 with the hilarious return of Michael Frayn's comedy Donkeys' Years' Sunday Express

'All the confidence of a serious comic masterpiece. Masterclass performances. This is one of the best revivals in the West End for years. Unmissable!' Sunday Times

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All the confidence of a serious comic masterpiece. Masterclass performances. This is one of the best revivals in the West End for years. Unmissable! * Sunday Times *
The West End's summer gets off to an exhilarating start with the hilarious return of Michael Frayn's comedy Donkeys' Years * Sunday Express *
The show reaches that plateau of comic bliss when it becomes physically impossible to stop laughing * Daily Telegraph *

Author Bio

Michael Frayn's work for the stage includes Alphabetical Order, Make and Break and Noises Off, all of which received Best Comedy of the Year awards, while Benefactors was named Best Play of the Year. His other works include Democracy and Copenhagen. He has translated Chekhov's four lastplays and is also a novelist and recipient of the Whitbread Prize forBest Novel for Spies.