Comedy by Alan Ayckbourn
Advance ticket sales start: June 09, 2026
German translation by Max Faber
Christmas is the festival of love – and family. You endure your eccentric old uncle, look forward to a few contemplative hours with your loved ones, and praise your sister's dinner, even if it's a complete failure. You patiently sit through the boring puppet show your brother-in-law performs year after year, and you dismiss your own marital problems along the way – anything for a harmonious holiday!
This is the situation at the home of Belinda and Neville, who, as they do every year, have invited family and friends to this year's Christmas party. But Neville’s sister Phyllis has once again had a little too much to drink while cooking, the gun enthusiast Uncle Harvey has no intention of keeping the peace, the puppet show turns into a disaster, and Belinda’s sister Rachel has invited a surprise guest without asking. Whatever can go wrong, does go wrong – and is so funny precisely because the characters on stage are so true to life. And the family entanglements are so familiar. And only slightly exaggerated by the author.
With Season's Greetings, Alan Ayckbourn has written a comedy classic that hasn't aged a bit, as it presents characters and scenes whose humor arises from perfectly ordinary situations and irritations. Sitting comfortably in your theater seat, you can laugh at many a family abyss. Until, in the end, even the Christmas tree begins to wobble.
This is a continuous multi-day event
