“I’ve always wondered why you never asked me home to meet your mum. Now I know.”
Beloved sons and bedevilled daughters-in-law gather for the annual ritual. But this year plots, schemes and secrets are lurking among the chintz. As the candles are lit and glasses raised, the party spirals into a hilarious battle of wits as Mum uses any means necessary to keep her chicks in the nest.
The Playhouse offers its own tribute to the Everyman’s 40th Anniversary with a comedy that fizzes like champagne, and cuts like a knife. Sheila Hancock, who played the young daughter-in-law in the 1966 premiere, now stars as the deliciously evil comic creation of ‘Mum’. For decades the butt of every stand-up’s routine, The Anniversary is the mother-in-law’s revenge.
Denis Lawson's beautifully acted revival of Bill MacIlwraith's 40-year-old play has some wickedly funny moments... the performances are delicious
The Guardian
Popular theatre at its best
Daily Telegraph
All hail Sheila Hancock, theatre's new superstar
Daily Express
COMPANY
Rosie Cavaliero, Liam Garrigan, Sheila Hancock, Tony Maudsley, Mark Womack & Madeleine Worrall
Cast
Denis Lawson
Director
Bill MacIlwraith
Writer
Robin Donn
Designer
David W Kidd
Lighting Designer
John Leonard
Sound Designer