A Family Affair And Un Air De Famille, London Premiere

Exchange Theatre presents, in association with The Art Fabric
A family affair and Un air de famille
The Award winning French play presented alternatively in English and French !

"Exchange Theatre has done a service making those plays available in English" Feydeau Double Bill, Reviewsgate, July 2010

Now in its sixth year, and folowing the Feydeau Double Bill, Exchange theatre proudly hosts BASTILLE EVENTS. A season of French theatre in English and French !
A very succesful French comedy revived for the first time in London. Translated by Andy De La Tour and never before performed in London, A family Affair is a cult French play. A caustic comedy, by Agnes Jaoui and Jean Pierre Bacri (Cuisines et Dependances, Le Gout des autres), which won the best script award at the Cesar when they adapted it for the big screen.

Performed alternatively in French and English, and produced by Exchange Theatre, the company behind the revival of Jean Paul Sartre’s “The Flies”(“Totally engaging, enthralling to watch” The Scotsman), and writers of the first English translations of
Feydeau’s one act farces, and following a two year residency with the French Institute. This year at the Drayton Arms, the play takes place in South Kensington at the heart of the Frenchiest London neighbourhood.

Like every Friday night, the Menard family get together at the “Pere Tranquille”, the café owned by Henri, the eldest son who inherited the business. Henri can’t find his wife, which is a shame, as tonight is a night for celebrating: Henri’s younger brother Philippe was on TV; Betty, his sister, talked back to her boss; and it’s Yoyo’s (Philippe’s wife) Birthday. Their mother thinks it’s a good day to party, but today's events dig up family stories and Madame Menard and her children start to wash their dirty linen whilst some hidden secrets are revealed to everyone. What if Denis, the waiter decided to interfere? Hopefully, the dog would stay in his place...

Along with A family affair, The Drayton Arms, associated with the company, offers a French menu and French wine throughout the week.