NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH | BY ALAN AYCKBOURN

tickets and info @ ensemble.com.au DIRECTED BY: ANNA CRAWFORD CAST INCLUDES: GILLIAN AXTELL DOUGLAS HANSELL BRIAN MEEGAN LIZZIE MITCHELL JAMIE OXENBOULD OLIVIA PIGEOT FIONA PRESS BILL YOUNG DESIGNER: AMANDA MCNAMARA LIGHTING DESIGNER: PETER NEUFELD SOUND DESIGNER: DARYL WALLIS Bluebell Hill is a nice place to live -- the only blight on the landscape is the nearby housing estate and its undesirable inhabitants. When new residents Martin and Hilda band together to form their own neighbourhood watch, their close-knit community begins to unravel as the committee become more threatening than the hoodlums. Alan Ayckbourn's 75th play is a riotous and often scathing examination of the effects of power in the hands of the masses. It's in everyone's nature to try and protect yourself and the people you love, but I think taken to the absolute extreme, that can be quite isolating, counterproductive and even dangerous. Ayckbourn has done a brilliant job exploring that theme in an hilarious play. It is so funny and so dry and I think it's one of his best works. DIRECTOR ANNA CRAWFORD