Pluck Productions Announces World Premiere of David K. Barnes' BIRTHDAY SUIT at Old Red Lion Theatre

Pluck productions today announces the world première of Birthday Suit, a new comedy by David K. Barnes. The production directed by Alice Malin opens at the Old Red Lion Theatre on 13 January, with previews from 10 January, running until 4 February.

This is where the magic happens!

It's Richard's birthday. The big 4-0. He's throwing a party and inviting all his colleagues. Diane is new to the firm, and, delighted to be asked, she's brought along her boyfriend, Nick, who has promised to be the spirit of party itself.

There's trifle. Lots of trifle. And nibbles. There's just one problem.

Nobody else is coming to Richard's party.

It looks like Diane and Nick are in for a long evening, trapped with their peculiar host and their own worst anxieties. Until, that is, someone does turn up. Someone with a lot of history, and an appetite for revenge.

Not interrupting anything? I let myself in...

A sharp and biting new comedy that asks at what point we do give up our dreams and join in with the real world?

David K. Barnes is best known for the acclaimed podcast sitcom Wooden Overcoats, for which he is the head writer. The show has received plaudits in the press and online, and his opening episode was nominated for Best European Digital Audio of the Year at the Prix Europa 2016. His extensive writing credits include the Edinburgh Festival Fringe sell-out comedies Wild Allegations and Games of Love and Chance, and the internationally produced Timothy. His supernatural stage play The Awkward Ghost is being developed for other mediums.

Alice Malin directs. Her directing credits include 10,000 Smarties and The Fever (Old Fire Station, Oxford), Treasure (Finborough Theatre), fiji land (Southwark Playhouse), Freefall: A Double Bill of New Plays (New Wimbledon Studio), Fluxorama (Theatre 503), The Ones Who Kill Shooting Stars (White Bear Theatre), In Lipstick (Arcola Theatre), Lomography (Criterion Theatre), The Deal (Pleasance Theatre), HMS Stalwart (Upstairs at the Arts Theatre) and McQueen: React (St James Theatre). Associate and assistant directing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (Brit Program, University of South Florida), A Room with a View (Theatre Royal Bath and tour), Ross (Chichester Festival Theatre), Measure for Measure and Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare's Globe),

For more information visit http://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk.