Raving

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I sometimes wonder how on earth people as pathetic as you and me are allowed to start a family. Its far more dangerous than driving a car, and yet theres not a single test... Briony and Keith are not finding parenthood easy so their friends the delightful Ross and Rosy, engineer a relaxing weekend away in Wales: intelligent adult company, good food and drink, complete rest and absolutely no children. But making up the numbers by inviting the unpredictable Charles and Serena doesnt make things restful. Add an uninvited anarchic adolescent and a fanatical farmer and Briony and Keiths idyllic weekend erupts into total chaos An uproarious study of modern parenting and matrimonial tribulations.

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Simon Paisley Day was born in Kent in 1967 and attended schools in Edinburgh, Tunbridge Wells and Dorset. He read Drama & American Literature at the University of East Anglia and trained for two years at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before embarking on a career as an actor. He has worked extensively in theatre and also on screen. Spike was his first full-length stage-play.