The Unfriend
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A
@bbcdoctorwho
Sonic Screwdriver, Sherlock magnifying glass and piece of Dracula’s tomb: who writes in a study like this? ✍️
Join us as we go through the keyhole… 👀
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Deadly danger has just boarded a flight to London! 🛫
A glimpse into rehearsals for The Unfriend, written by Steven Moffat and directed by
@markgatiss
, which opens at the
@critheatre
in the West End on 15 January
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Everyone's office includes a Sonic Screwdriver, a Silurian gun and a BAFTA... right? 🤩
Take a tour of Steven Moffat's memory-packed study, the writing room where he wrote Doctor Who, Sherlock and - of course - The Unfriend.
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“It has a wonderful way of concentrating the experience of being British: it’s much more important to be nice than to be safe or sane” 😬
Doctors’ orders from two former Time Lords, David Tennant and Peter Capaldi: don’t miss
@SWmoff
’s
#TheUnfriend
🎟️
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Our bags are unpacked in the West End! 🧳
@SWmoff
’s The Unfriend – directed by
@Markgatiss
– is open, and running
@CriTheatre
until 16 April
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Let's not say goodbye. Goodbye makes us sad. Let's say... "Till Denver" 👋
Elsa Jean Krakowski has left the building. It's been a pleasure, London!
#TheUnfriend
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"It's a wonderful joy sitting among people laughing their heads off" 🤣
The team behind Sherlock and Doctor Who - Steven Moffat and
@MarkGatiss
- on the difference between writing for TV and their first stage collaboration,
#TheUnfriend
🎟️
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Good luck from Gielgud 👀
Before our sold out first preview, director
@Markgatiss
hot-footed it over from our neighbours
@nationaltheatre
’s The Motive and the Cue to give some last minute notes in full Gielgud garb.
@SWmoff
’s
#TheUnfriend
has unpacked its bags in the West End!
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Branagh. Cox. Mack.
Some theatres are born great, some achieve greatness, and some theatres have greatness thrust upon them.
🤩🤩🤩
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Following a sold-out
@ChichesterFT
run, prepare to welcome
#TheUnfriend
to
@CriTheatre
...
A riotous comedy from
@SWmoff
@Markgatiss
starring
@ReeceShearsmith
@CHIMPSINSOCKS
@francesbarber13
@michael_simkins
@marcusonilude1
@g_howell14
@maddie_holliday
🎟️
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London, we did say we'd keep in touch... 👋
BAFTA Award winner Lee Mack will join Sarah Alexander and Frances Barber as we return to the West End
@SWmoff
's acclaimed play, directed by
@Markgatiss
unpacks its bags at Wyndham's Theatre on 16 December
🎟️
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"
@IanMcKellen
was watching us through his opera glasses. No pressure!" 🧐
Imagine having your first ever performance of a major new play scrutinised by not one but *two* theatre legends
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
@markgatiss
' production of Steven Moffat's first-ever play has unpacked its bags in the West End, with previews running this week
It's a must see according to the Guardian
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
@markgatiss
' production of Steven Moffat's first-ever play is unpacking its bags in the West End this week ahead of previews beginning on 15 January
It's a must see according to the
@Telegraph
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Break a leg to our incredible cast as they begin preview performances of
#TheUnfriend
! 👏
Today marks the beginning of a laughter-filled few months at the Wyndhams Theatre.
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We won't say goodbye, goodbye makes us sad. Let's say... "Till Denver" 👋
Thanks to everyone who's joined us at the Wyndham's Theatre!
📷
@CraigSugden
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"It has a wonderful way of concentrating the experience of being British: it's much more important to be nice than to be safe or sane" 😬
Doctors’ orders from two former Time Lords, David Tennant and Peter Capaldi:
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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“An annoyingly funny first play” 😂😂😂
As The Unfriend unpacks its bags in the West End, our cast reflect on what performing in
@SWmoff
's play — directed by
@Markgatiss
— has meant to them and why audiences should come and see it
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"How does anyone actually love flowers? They are literally vegetables for looking at" 👎
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"But how do we put it? There's no etiquette for this.
‘Please don't come to our house, we think you're probably a murderer’?" 🤷
Writer Steven Moffat and director
@markgatiss
' acclaimed dark comedy The Unfriend arrives in the West End on 15 January
🎟️
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"It's about not wanting to say no, and appearing impolite" 📺
Reece Shearsmith and Amanda Abbington speak to BBC Breakfast about The Unfriend's Fawlty Towers-esque comedy, and the true story that inspired Steven Moffat's first play
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"The funniest comedy that ever happened is Fawlty Towers. It's peerless" 🤣
The Unfriend writer Steven Moffat and director
@Markgatiss
share their comedy heroes
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Our true friends (and let us tell you, we've been through a lot of friends...) 🤩
📸
@davidbenett
#TheUnfriend
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A must-not-miss this Saturday morning 📻
@BBCradio2
's
@claudiawinkle
celebrates ‘the magic of theatre with writing royalty Steven Moffat’ from 10am tomorrow
Who'll be tuning in?
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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✅ Couch
✅ Notifications off
✅ Telly on
Who else is tuning into
@ReeceShearsmith
's,
#InsideNo9
Christmas special tonight at 9pm on
@BBCTwo
? 🙋
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mark Gatiss' production of
@stevenwmoffat
's first-ever play has unpacked its bags in the West End, with previews running this week
It's a must-see according to
@WhatsOnStage
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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“Muuuuuuuuuuuuuum” 🫣
Lee Mack and Sarah Alexander sat down with
@AnilaDhami
for
@itvlondon
to chat about how relatable The Unfriend has felt to them as well as to audiences.
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Here's a New Year's resolution you can stick to! 😏
Join us at Wyndham's Theatre until 16 March, we insist...
#TheUnfriend
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"I thought it was annoyingly good" 👏
The Unfriend is officially open at Wyndham's Theatre, and running until 9 March 🧳
🎟️
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Ding dong! 🔔 Our original West End run is eligible for your
#WhatsOnStageAwards
nominations.
You have until 23 November to nominate
#TheUnfriend
. It would be rude not to 🫣
#WOSAwards
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"A show to dispel the January blues", according to the Telegraph. We quite agree. 😃
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
#BlueMonday
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☠️ Lee Mack and
@RealSAlexander
: a cast to die for ☠️
Our new cast members share their thoughts on why they're excited about
#TheUnfriend
's West End return
@SWmoff
’s acclaimed comedy, directed by
@Markgatiss
, runs at Wyndham's Theatre from 16 Dec
🎟️
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The ultimate challenge of the modern world - how do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite? 😓
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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The ultimate challenge of the modern world: how do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite? 😬
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"That's the trouble with all of you: you're completely selfish. From now on, everyone in this family needs to focus on how much their selfishness is affecting *me*" 😩
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"Not only does it feel fresh, it just clicks into a different gear."
The Unfriend, directed by
@Markgatiss
, begins this Saturday! 🙌
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"It's funny, gripping and quite moving... it gives you everything, like a bag of Revels!" 👏
The cast and creative team behind acclaimed dark comedy The Unfriend on what to expect from Steven Moffat's first play
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
@Markgatiss
' production of Steven Moffat's first-ever play has unpacked its bags in the West End
It's a must-see according to
@thetimes
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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A glimpse into the first day of rehearsals with our new
#TheUnfriend
cast! 👋
The countdown is officially on to the first performance on 16 December.
🎟️
📸
@CraigSugden
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“I’ve never had so much fun doing anything” 🙌
Reason number 1,436 as to why you should book for
#TheUnfriend
: it’s written by smash hit comedy writer Steven Moffat, known for much-loved shows including
#Sherlock
and
#DoctorWho
.
🎟️
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"I love being angry. I just never know what I think about anything until I'm against it. It's why I read the Guardian." 🤬
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"We lack the necessary social skills to avoid death" 😬😬
How do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite?
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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One month since we unpacked our bags in the West End 🔙
It's been a pleasure. Truly. Look us up any time you're in the neighbourhood!
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Pillar of the community. Church-goer, wife, daughter, mother. But she also has a dark secret. Meet Elsa Jean Krakowski 😱
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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We've left them the keys under the doormat... 🔑🏠
Maddie Holliday and Gabriel Howell – who play Rosie and Alex – will be taking over our Instagram Stories today to give a glimpse behind the scenes
#TheUnfriend
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Looking for advice on how to handle a problematic unfriend? 🤔
Look no further:
#LeeMack
is on hand as our in-house Agony Uncle solving all of your domestic dilemmas. What could possibly go wrong?!
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"It's all about keeping a lid on repression" 😓
Mark Gatiss speaks about what inspired the way he approached directing
#TheUnfriend
🎟️
🎥
@chichesterft
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Elsa Jean Krakowski tends to kill people over a protracted period of time, but she's only got a week left with us 💀
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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@ChichesterFT
@CriTheatre
@SWmoff
@Markgatiss
@ReeceShearsmith
@CHIMPSINSOCKS
@francesbarber13
@michael_simkins
@marcusonilude1
@g_howell14
@maddie_holliday
@Playfulprods
present the West End transfer of the ★★★★★
@ChichesterFT
production.
#TheUnfriend
features design by Robert Jones, lighting by Mark Henderson, sound by Ella Wahlström, video design by Andrzej Goulding & casting by
@SuttonCasting
📷Manuel Harlan
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A vision in beige: the Lindels' neighbour and "world's most boring man" 🥱
"I knew I was made for the role", actor Michael Simkins recently told the Times. "I used to do a lot of Ayckbourn plays for which dodgy knitwear was de rigueur".
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"A friend of mine recently wondered if the middle classes were now the butt of all of the best jokes and I’m not absolutely sure that’s right...it’s just being nice. Niceness is funny" 😂
Steven Moffat shares the true story that inspired
#TheUnfriend
:
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"I don't want to ring a stranger's doorbell in London with all your urban violence and EastEnders. So I looked you up on Facebook and there you were. Isn't technology wonderful?" 😬
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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We really like people like you. We're people positive. 👏
Just some of your reactions to The Unfriend in the West End. You're all welcome to come and stay any time. In fact, we insist.
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"Too funny for words" 😂
A big thumbs up for
#TheUnfriend
from comedian and
#GBBO
presenter
@realmattlucas
, who – in our eyes – is every week's Star Baker
🎟️
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From West Sussex to the West End 👋
A glimpse into rehearsals for The Unfriend, written by Steven Moffat and directed by
@markgatiss
, which opens at the
@critheatre
on 15 January
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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⭐⭐⭐⭐
@Markgatiss
' production of Steven Moffat's first-ever play has unpacked its bags in the West End
This is your last chance to see what
@MailOnline
have praised as a rollicking night out
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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A killer cast, we think you'll agree 🤩
We’re into our final rehearsals ahead of performances at the Wyndham’s Theatre from next week!
📸
@CraigSugden
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Tearing your hair out trying to entertain 2.4 children this half term? 👨👩👧👦
Enjoy 2 hours of undiluted escapism at
#TheUnfriend
🎟️ From £20 (+fees)
👉
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"We're dying of manners. We're under siege from personal embarrassment. This is not sane. This is not rational!" 😫
Your time is running out... to see
#TheUnfriend
at the Criterion Theatre. Must end on 16 April.
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"Can the dream restaurant shrink me down to the size of a sparrow?"🐦
Our own Reece Shearsmith recently told the
@OffMenuOfficial
podcast about his dream restaurant, and safe to say, it's not what you'd expect...
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"A really funny show" 😂
@RealDMitchell
and
@VictoriaCoren
are welcome to stay at any time
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Murder Poppins is back in the West End 😱
It’s the modern world’s ultimate challenge: how do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite?
That’s exactly what Peter and Debbie are trying to figure out...
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Some very welcome house guests joined us to celebrate our official opening this evening! 🤩
🎟️ Get your tickets now
@SWmoff
@Markgatiss
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How do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite? 😬
This is your last chance to see
#TheUnfriend
: Steven Moffat's acclaimed comedy must end on 16 April.
🎟️
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You'll die laughing... ☠️
You have just a couple more weeks to see
#TheUnfriend
: Steven Moffat's acclaimed comedy must end on 16 April.
🎟️
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“It’s all about us being too British and polite” 📺
Who caught Lee Mack on
@BBCTheOneShow
talking all things
#TheUnfriend
?
Book your tickets now
🎟️
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The company of The Unfriend rate themselves as houseguests 🫣
What makes the best visitor? Let us know below 👇
#TheUnfriend
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Poppadoms or bread!? 🍽️
Our very own Reece Shearsmith has picked his dream menu on the
@OffMenuOfficial
podcast, with
@EdGambleComedy
and James Acaster
🎧
#TheUnfriend
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"We met this nice woman and she emailed. A lot. There were a lot of emails – really quite a lot – and in the end we just ran out of... well, basically, she's coming to stay" 😮💨
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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That feeling when you get your tickets for The Unfriend 🤩
🎟️
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"Let's keep it in proportion. She tends to kill people over a protracted period of time - she's only got a week with us" ☠️
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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“It’s all about British awkwardness: the exquisite agony of bringing up a difficult subject” 📻
#TheUnfriend
TV writer Steven Moffat tells
@BBCNickRobinson
about the differences between writing for stage and screen since writing his debut play The Unfriend
On his TV work, Moffat says he'd write a new Sherlock episodes tomorrow if its stars agreed to return
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So uptight he could snap a proctologist off at the knuckle. Meet Peter Lindel 😰
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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New Year's resolution: come and see The Unfriend 🗓️
(...and no more awkwardly inviting strangers to stay out of sheer politeness)
📸 Manuel Harlan
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Twenty years of marriage: It's like telepathy, but more hostile ❤️
Happy Valentine's Day
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Pillar of the community. Church-goer, wife, daughter, mother. But she also has a dark secret... 😱
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Our cast have certainly made themselves at home at the Wyndham’s Theatre 🎭
With only a few weeks left, be sure to invite yourself over. We insist!
#TheUnfriend
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From West Sussex to the West End... TWICE 😱
Here's a throwback photo of Steven Moffat and
@Markgatiss
in the very first rehearsals for The Unfriend.
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"Let's keep it in proportion. She tends to kill people over a protracted period of time - she's only got a week with us" ☠️
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Her number one priority is not endangering her children, rivalled only by the need to avoid appearing rude. Meet Debbie Lindel 😬
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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Lee Mack returns as our Agony Uncle! 😂
Disclaimer: We can’t be held responsible for the consequences of taking his advice.
#TheUnfriend
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The two words with the greatest consequence in the English language are "I" and "do" 💍
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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'An absolute riot' 👏👏👏
A big thumbs up for The Unfriend from
@TomFelton
Slytherins are definitely Unfriends, but we'll make an exception for you Tom 😉 You're a true friend and are welcome to come and stay any time!
🎟️
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Deadly danger has landed in London (but is only staying for a few more weeks) 🧳
This is your last chance to see
#TheUnfriend
: Steven Moffat's acclaimed comedy at the Criterion Theatre must end on 16 April.
🎟️
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Imagine being the original Unfriend that inspired our play... 😬
Writer
#StevenMoffat
and director
#MarkGatiss
reveal the truth behind the fiction.
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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"We met this nice woman and she emailed. A lot. There were a lot of emails - really quite a lot - and in the end we just ran out of... well, basically, she's coming to stay" 😮💨
📸 Manuel Harlan
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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We’ve added an extra matinee this Thursday 29 February – because one visit from our unwanted houseguest just wasn’t enough 🎭
Get your tickets now, it’d be rude not to!
🎟️
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How do you protect all that you love from mortal peril without seeming a bit impolite? 😅
🎟️
#TheUnfriend
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What began as a casual holiday friendship is now a threat to the lives of the Lindels' children 😱
Not long to go now:
#TheUnfriend
's at the Criterion Theatre must end on 16 April.
🎟️
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When you realise it's just one week until we move out of The Wyndham's ⏳
Who's joining us this week? 🏠
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