Productions
GamePlan premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre on 24 May 2001, followed by FlatSpin on 3 July 2001 and RolePlay on 4 September 2001. The production team for all three plays was:
- Director - Alan Ayckbourn
- Design - Roger Glossop
- Lighting - Mick Hughes
- Costumes - Christine Wall
- Music - Keith Jarrett
The three plays then toured, including a return to the Stephen Joseph Theatre to compensate for the earlier short run of RolePlay. The trilogy was chosen as the inaugural productions for the newly-built Gala Theatre in Durham in January 2002.
The plays began a West End run at the Duchess Theatre on 7 September 2002, with the same cast and production team. However, the success of RolePlay over led to play's producers, the Really Useful Group, gradually reducing the number of performances of the other two plays. Finally, it was decided to stage only RolePlay during the week, with the other two staged only during the day on a Saturday as part of the whole trilogy. This caused considerable upset amongst the cast and led to a long-standing rift with the West End in general.
All three plays have received further performances by other theatre companies since, but, so far, no professional theatre has attempted to re-stage the whole trilogy.
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