This Is Where We Came In

This Is Where We Came In
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Characters Great Aunt Repetitus
Uncle Erraticus
Uncle Oblivious
Fred
Nell
Bethany
Talitha
Jenkin
Albert
Kevin on Keyboards
Date premiered 4/11 August 1990
Place premiered Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site), Scarborough
Original language English
Subject Storytelling, re-inventing fairy tales
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Ayckbourn chronology
Body Language
(1989)
Callisto 5
(1991)

This Is Where We Came In is a 1990 children's play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about three storytellers, Great Aunt Repetitus, Uncle Erraticus, Uncle Oblivious, who trap six players in twisted re-interpretations of fairy tales. It was originally presented as a two-parter shown on Saturday mornings, where the plays could be seen out of order, but the two parts were put together and made into a single event in Christmas 1991.

This Is Where We Came In is a chronicle of a group of misfits who have fallen victim to their story-teller overloard's fierce control.

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