Plosive Productions is thrilled to return to full-throttle productions in The Gladstone Theatre‘s 2024‒25 season. Up next:
Private Fears in Public Places
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by David Whiteley
at the Gladstone June 18‒28, 2025
cinematic • endearing • whimsical
Plosive is Back!
Plosive Productions’ next show is master playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s answer to Love Actually: Private Fears in Public Places June 18‒28 at The Gladstone Theatre, the last show of its 2024-25 season.
As always, we’ve picked works that combine engaging entertainment value with novelty and relevance. Of course when it comes to relevance, nothing beats the best Canadian works and that’s what prompted us to program Daniel MacIvor’s Never Swim Alone for our fall 2024 offering. It’s theme of the dangers of toxic masculinity is, sadly, as relevant now as it was when the play was first written—but MacIvor presents the topic with a playfulness that makes it irresistible. And we were thrilled to have Micah Jondel DeShazer and Sunny Ryan join Plosive for this show, with Plosive’s own David Whiteley doing double duty as director and actor.
Speaking of irresistable, there’s a reason Alan Ayckbourn is a runner-up to Shakespeare as the most-produced British playwright. Private Fears in Public Places brilliantly combines the best of his sharp and insightful humour with a 21st-century sensibility.
Tickets for Private Fears in Public Places are on sale now. Book early for the best seats!
More info here on the Gladstone’s 2024-25 season.
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