A Nice Family Christmas – Comedy play
November 28 - November 30
£15A Nice Family Christmas is a comedy about a rather difunctional family who have gathered for a family Christmas dinner. Each has more to them that meets the eye and as the story of each character is revealed will the family get through the revelations.
Some adult themes, parental guidance recommended.
It’s Christmas Eve, and a young newspaper reporter on the brink of being fired has been assigned a last-chance story about a typical family Christmas – his family’s Christmas. He goes home to his recently widowed mother, his crazy uncle, his eccentric grandmother, and his battling siblings and their neurotic spouses, who provide no shortage of material.
One by one, we learn each family member’s secrets, problems, and dysfunctions, and when they learn that he’s writing an article with some very personal family information, the fruitcake hits the fan. The question is, will the magic of Christmas bring this family back together?
DATES & TIMES:
Thursday 28 November 2024 – 7:30 pm start, 9:50 pm finish
Friday 29 November 2024 – 7:30 pm start, 9:50 pm finish
Saturday 30 November 2024 – 2:00 pm start, 4:20 pm finish
Saturday 30 November 2024 – 7:30 pm start, 9:50 pm finish
TICKETS:
£15 per ticket
£1 reduction per ticket for ALP’s members.
Play by the Athenæum Limelight Players
REVIEWS
“From the first opening lines to the surprising joyous conclusion the entire audience was in almost constant laughter!” / LA Post-Examiner
“Critics Pick! 5 out of 5 stars […] It’s a howler a la Neil Simon with a laugh about every two seconds! […] Go see A Nice Family Christmas!” / BroadwayWorld.com
“The humour is outrageously frank and downright funny!” / Norwegian American Magazine
“A laugh a minute!” / LA Splash Magazine
First Place Winner – The McLaren Comedy Festival
Second Place Winner (out of 125 plays) – The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting Excellence
NOTES:
Age Rating: Guidance due to some content not inline with modern traits. Some adult themes, parental guidance recommended.
Special notifications (Strong language/flash/bangs): Subjects that were appropriate for the time of writing.