Neighbourhood Watch (Ayckbourn play)
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| Written by | Alan Ayckbourn | ||
| Characters | Dorothy Rod Luther Martin Gareth Amy Magda Hilda |
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| Date premiered | 13 September 2011 | ||
| Place premiered | Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough | ||
| Original language | English | ||
| Subject | Taking the law into own hands, authoritarian ideals | ||
| Genre | Black Comedy | ||
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Neighbourhood Watch is a 2011 play by Alan Ayckbourn. The play premiered on 13 September 2011 at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.
The play centers around a brother and sister who innocently set up a Neighbourhood Watch group following petty crime from a nearby estate, only for the group to go out of control and become an authoritarian force controlling the lives of the people they are supposed to protect.
Critics were generally favourable with Michael Billington from The Guardian calling it "highly ambitious" and "biliously funny" while The Daily Telegraph and The Stage also gave it positive reviews.
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