8 /10 1 Votes
Written by Alan Ayckbourn Original language English Playwright Alan Ayckbourn Place premiered Stephen Joseph Theatre | 4/5 The Telegraph Date premiered 13 September 2011 First performance 13 September 2011 Genre Black comedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Characters Dorothy
Rod
Luther
Martin
Gareth
Amy
Magda
Hilda Subject Taking the law into own hands, authoritarian ideals Similar Alan Ayckbourn plays, Other plays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neighbourhood watch by alan ayckbourn
Neighbourhood Watch is a 2011 play by Alan Ayckbourn. The play premiered on 13 September 2011 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
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Plot
The play centers around a brother and sister who innocently set up a Neighbourhood Watch group following petty crime from a nearby estate, only for the group to go out of control and become an authoritarian force controlling the lives of the people they are supposed to protect.
Reception
Critics were generally favourable with Michael Billington from The Guardian calling it "highly ambitious" and "biliously funny" while The Daily Telegraph and The Stage also gave it positive reviews.
References
Neighbourhood Watch (Ayckbourn play) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA