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Operated by The Society of London Theatre
Season's Greetings
National Theatre Lyttelton, South Bank, LondonAlan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings takes a seriously entertaining look at the misery and high jinks of an average family Christmas.
Cheating at snakes and ladders, fighting over comic books, a bungled infidelity beneath the tree: Christmas has arrived in the Bunker household along with family and friends. But as the children lurk just out of sight, it's the adults who are letting the side down.
Presiding over the festivities are two warring uncles, one a kindly incompetent doctor with an interminable puppet show to perform; the other a bullying, retired security guard who dominates the TV, brings toy guns for his nieces and determines there's a theif in their midst.
Season's Greetings is brought to life by a cast that includes The League Of Gentlemen's Mark Gatiss, Laurence Olivier Award-winner Jenna Russell, comic actress Catherine Tate, Spooks's Nicola Walker, along with West End regulars David Troughton and Neil Stuke.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Oliver Chris, Mark Gatiss, Katherine Parkinson, Jenna Russell, Neil Stuke, Catherine Tate, David Troughton, Nicola Walker, Marc Wootton
director: Marianne Elliott
music by: Stephen Warbeck
sound: Mark Dickinson
lighting designer: Bruno Poet
designer: Rae Smith
Ticket Prices:
£10-£44 (First two previews £10-£23.50, other previews £10-£28.50)
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Comedy
- Show Times: 14:15, 14:30 & 19:30 - In rep, please check with theatre for exact performance dates and times
- opening night:
- Box Office:
020 7452 3000 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
National Theatre Lyttelton
South Bank, London, United Kingdom, SE1 9PX
- Nearest tube: Waterloo (250m), Southwark
- Nearest bus: 76, 77, 211, 507, D1, D11, P11 (York Road)149, P11 (Stamford Street)1, 4, 26, 68, X68, 76, 168, 171, 171A, 176, 188, 501, 505, 521 (Waterloo Bridge)
- Nearest train: Waterloo (250m)
- Parking: 5 spaces reserved for orange badge holders at riverside end of Cottesloe Ave. 4 extra bays opposite Cottesloe theatre for evening performances. Car Park beneath theatre. Spaces reserved for disabled customers near lifts. Free parking voucher available from box office for orange badge holders (present ticket at information desk). Automatic doors and ramps from the Car Park to the lobby and lift.
- Air conditioned: 1
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- How to book: Tel: 020 7452 3000 Information Desk 020 7452 3400
- Telephones: Public cash and card telephones in the main foyer, accessible to wheelchair users and fitted with sound enhancement for people with hearing aids. Phonecards can be bought from the bookshop, also at this level.
- Discounts: Discounts available for all disabled people.
- Limited mobility: Row V of the Stalls is the most accessible area. Aisle seats have the most legroom.
- Access description: Main entrance reached from Upper Ground via Theatre Avenue to Theatre Square and a drop off point approx. 40m from main entrance. Box Office and information desk on left. No steps to back row of Stalls (1 step between rows). Glass Lift (80cm wide) up to Circle (or 22 steps up). 3 steep steps between rows in the Circle. Staircases between levels have handrails on both sides; stairs in the auditorium have one handrail.
- Hearing impaired: Infra-red system with headsets or neck loops. Collect headsets/loops from box offices. Induction loops at service counters.
- Guide dogs policy: Guide dogs are not currently allowed in the auditorium, however staff are happy to dog sit. Dogs will be looked after in the cloakroom.
- Wheelchairs: No steps to the back of the Stalls through entrances on either side of the Long bar. 4 spaces for wheelchair users in row V. Transfer seating available to aisle seats. Wheelchairs stored at back of auditorium.
- Toilets: Women’s and men’s at ground floor level and Circle level.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted WC next to right-hand Stalls entrance.
- Bars: 6 licensed bars. Access information: No steps to Lyttelton Long Bar and buffet from the main foyer. Glass lift to Lyttelton circle bar, moveable seats and tables.