Seating Plan - a rom-com with more wit than you’ll find in many big-budget films
The Times ★★★★★
Writer : Izzy Radford
Director : Florence Carr-Jones
What if you were sat next to the love of your life and just didn't know it? Stuck beside each other at a dinner party year after year. Some would call it fate, Mavis and David call it a nightmare. She's keen. He's terrified. Together, they're trapped. Forced proximity breeds love...and contempt. Think One Day meets Sliding Doors, with a dash of Julia Davis' Nighty Night. A fresh twist on the classic romcom. Seating Plan is a poignant exploration of fate, loneliness and the invisible ties that bind us – even when we're too stubborn to notice.
The Times
★★★★★
"Florence Carr-Jones's direction is perfectly judged"
Theatre Weekly
★★★★★
"Seating Plan's simplicity makes room for an undeniably joyful story to develop"
The Student
★★★★★
"an absolute must-see"
The Telegraph
★★★★
"the stuff of fairytale discoveries"
All Edinburgh Theatre
★★★★
"Carr-Jones has directed Radford and Airey with a comic precision that, like the writing, walks right up to the line of being too much without putting a toe over."
Binge Fringe
★★★★
"Sparkling, silly and nuanced"
One4Review
★★★★
"The story takes place over a period of five years and this is achieved with clever seamless staging between the years"
Corr Blimey
★★★★
"Florence Carr-Jones surely has much to be credited for. The swiftness of the transitions, hilarious in themselves, keep the energy alive."
Creative team
Writer : Izzy Radford
Director and Dramaturg : Florence Carr-Jones
Designer : Miranda Cattermole
Lighting Designer : Jacob Henney
Sound Designer : Rafael Solimeno-Harris
Cast : Izzy Radford, George Airey
Director and Dramaturg : Florence Carr-Jones
Designer : Miranda Cattermole
Lighting Designer : Jacob Henney
Sound Designer : Rafael Solimeno-Harris
Cast : Izzy Radford, George Airey
Photos by Felix Cave