News about Alan Ayckbourn

PATRICK MARMION: Can Alan Ayckbourn make it to 100? Plays that are years rather than years. I wouldn't put it past the 84-year-old Scribbler of Scarborough who is going to college. He's now written 89, and by my calculations, he only needs another eight years to reach his century. His most recent film is a sci-fi comedy in which we may have emotional relationships with domestic androids. Of course, you could also consider the possibility of a preconceived robot relationship. However, I know there are people who are truly in love with their cars, but not so much with their cellphones. As a result, the play is therefore very much on the money. Lorraine, a 60-year-old solicitor who is divorcing her husband, and the adorable, hunky security bot in her office, are among the characters. Winston, the housekeeper's son, was forced to cancel his housekeeper's sex drive because he can't keep up. Don, Winston's lonely mate, whose bathroom is ruined by his own over-endowed porno style, is devastated by his own bloated porno model.

Erin Doherty has confessed that it was 'begging' to even suspect the fact that going public with her girlfriend could jeopardize her chances of having a fruitful career. The actress, 30, who appeared in the third and fourth seasons of The Crown, spoke about her own experience while commenting on how difficult it must have been for women in the royal family to reveal their sexuality. Erin, who is happily married to fellow actress Sophie Melville, remarked: "I felt a lot of pressure to conceal my sexuality."