EXCITING NEWS!   We will performing THE UNFRIEND by Steven Moffat – 25th to 28th March 2026  (at our normal venue, Woodclyffe Hall), but this will be followed by a further run two weeks later, from 14th to 18th April 2026 at The Mill at Sonning. 

The invitation to perform there came from The Mill’s Artistic Director, Sally Hughes, after she came to see our highly successful production of ‘A Bunch of Amateurs’ in April. It is a fantastic opportunity for WT to perform in a professional environment and showcase our productions and talent to a wider audience, and to help The Mill during their dark period between productions.

The Unfriend, which will be directed by Ann Roberts, centres around the Lindel family: while Peter and Debbie are enjoying a cruise – a celebration of twenty years of marriage, and a break from their annoying teenagers, Alex and Rosie – they befriend fellow passenger, Elsa Jean Krakowski, an eccentric American, Trump-loving, widow from Denver, USA. There’s something slightly unsettling in her friendliness and eagerness to stay in touch, but they agree – because no one ever really does, do they?
The Unfriend West End cast

Back home in the comfort of suburbia a few months later, Elsa suddenly invites herself to stay. As they know nothing about her, Debbie decides to Google her. Too late, they learn the truth about Elsa Jean Krakowski. What kind of deadly danger have they allowed to take up residence in their guest room?  How do they protect all that they love from mortal peril? And can they bring themselves to say anything about it? Sometimes, the truth is just too impolite, like Peter’s exchanges with the annoying neighbour from next door who just wants Peter to look at a photograph of the garden fence, and PC Junkin, who appears through the back door – what, or who, does he want?

The Unfriend takes a hilarious and satirical look at middle-class England’s disastrous instinct always to appear nice. The play had a highly successful run at Chichester, before transferring to the West End for a sell-out run with Lee Mack in the leading role (pictured above). 

Look out for more details later in the year about the reading and auditions, and information about when tickets for both these shows will become available.