Hyderabad-based Storyboard Productions stages Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy ‘Table Manners’ this weekend

Storyboard Productions to stage Alan Ayckbourn’s Table Manners this weekendThe dark comedy is a satire on the middle-class and their ideologies

City-based Storyboard Productions brings Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy Table Manners to Rangabhoomi Spaces in Gachibowli on September 25 and 26. A part of a trilogy — the other two being Round and Round the Garden and Living Together — the English play is a satire on the middle class and their ideologies. Director Sandeep Tadi says, “The pieces are brilliantly written by Alan (Ayckbourn) in a way that each play stands on its own. The trilogy, ‘The Norman Conquests’ is a dark, realistic comedy.”

The hour-long production shows Annie caring for her ailing mother. When she plans to go out for the weekend, she asks her brother and his wife to be with her mother. The narrative follows the chaos and drama that ensues. Tadi terms the six characters rainbow colours with variations. “It creates a kind of conflict which is satirical and funny.”