Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present review " masterful Ayckbourn unwraps a family feud
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughNaomi Petersen's turn is the icing on the cake of this time-bending drama from a writer who has lost none of his ingenuity Dramatists, from George S Kaufman and Moss Hart in Merrily We Roll Along to Harold Pinter in Betrayal, have long been experimenting with reverse chronology. But the ever-inventive Alan Ayckbourn gives it a new spin in his joyous 83rd play by reminding us that a …