The Way Old Friends Do

By Ian Hallard

In 1988, two Birmingham school friends tentatively come out to one another: Edward as gay; Peter, even more daringly, as an ABBA fan.

Nearly thirty years later, they meet again - and take a chance by forming the world's first ABBA tribute band in drag. It's a riot of platform boots and dodgy beards, 'Waterloos' and 'Chiquititas', and they couldn't escape if they wanted to. But can Edward and Peter's friendship survive the tribulations of a life on the road?

Ian Hallard's The Way Old Friends Do is a tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens. It premiered at Birmingham Rep in 2023, directed by Mark Gatiss, before touring the UK, including a run at Park Theatre, London.

The play offers every theatre company and drama group all the ingredients to give their audience the time of its life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839041196
• ISBN13: 9781839041198
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"