The Girl Next Door review " Ayckbourn casts history's lens on lockdown Britain
Stephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughThe prolific playwright is on fine form with an uncanny story that smartly contrasts national crises past and present Domestic life was quiet during lockdown but the few things that did happen had an edge of the surreal. Early in the pandemic someone dug a trench in my neighbour's shared garden. We never found out who or why. And does anyone remember the great yeast shortage? With t…