Twilight Theatre went to London to produce a transatlantic comedy and it’s arriving Off-Broadway on May 29th
A Special Relationship Trailer
★★★★★ "A simple story, with Becket-esque references… It is funny, but ultimately as we find out more about the two men, their lifestyles and secrets, it becomes very much a buddy story…there were moments towards the end when the odd sniffle could be heard from the audience." – Chiswick W4
★★★★★ "…with the genius that actor and co-writer Tim Marriott brings to this production and the warmth, verve and gusto from Brian Dykstra it is genuinely very moving." – Bohemian Britain
★★★★ "Delightful! Humorous but also moving. It is well worth seeing!" – North West End UK
★★★★ "Funny and poignant. Like all good plays it is based on such a simple premise that you wonder why no-one has written it before. Good writing is nothing without great acting and here we are doubly blessed. I cannot recommend ‘A Special Relationship’ highly enough!" – Dark Chat
"A really engaging, funny, poignant and stimulating play" – Move into Wellness
"A quietly moving piece about two men getting to know each other." – The Chiswick Calendar
"A welcome romp from reality!" – Green Room Reviews
"A comedy of manners...likeable, amiable cross-cultural, cross-class comedy...thoroughly enjoyable misunderstandings of language, physicality and cultural norms…There’s a warmth between the two actors that makes this work, Marriott’s initial stiffness softening as he realises that there’s more to this change to his traditional ways than he’d thought, Dykstra’s kindness and amusement at the ramrod-backed Englishman moving into genuine concern for the Colonel’s worries about his daughter, paying from his straitened resources for the wedding (as a ‘traditional’ father of the bride must) and his health." – London Pub Theatres Magazine
February 26th thru March 22nd 2025
Two nations divided by a single language, brought together by holy matrimony.
It is the morning of their children’s wedding and British dad Monty is hosting American dad Pete and his family. Everyone else has gone to the church for the rehearsal but they’ve been left behind to put up a gazebo in the garden. Communication proves challenging and not just because the instructions are in Chinese.
Can these headstrong men from opposite sides of the pond forge an alliance long enough to set up for the wedding or will the thin veneer of international détente collapse with the first gust of wind?
★★★★ "Delightful! Humorous but also moving. It is well worth seeing!" – North West End UK
"A quietly moving piece about two men getting to know each other"
"Well structured, has two fine performances and you will learn how to construct a (wonky) gazebo by the end of it." – The Chiswick Calendar
"A simple story...It is funny, but ultimately as we find out more about the two men, their lifestyles and secrets, it becomes very much a buddy story…genuinely very moving." – Chiswick W4
"A welcome romp from reality!" – Green Room Reviews
"A comedy of manners...likeable, amiable cross-cultural, cross-class comedy...thoroughly enjoyable misunderstandings of language, physicality and cultural norms"
"There’s a warmth between the two actors that makes this work, Marriott’s initial stiffness softening as he realises that there’s more to this change to his traditional ways than he’d thought, Dykstra’s kindness and amusement at the ramrod-backed Englishman moving into genuine concern for the Colonel’s worries about his daughter, paying from his straitened resources for the wedding (as a ‘traditional’ father of the bride must) and his health." – London Pub Theatres Magazine