Where: Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

When: November 6 to 11, 2017

Casting has been announced for Alan Ayckbourn's farcical tale of matrimonial mishaps, How the Other Half Loves, as it gets set to thrill audiences this autumn.

Direct from a highly-celebrated, extended season in London's West End, Bill Kenwright's production of the 1969 classic will go on tour in August before arriving at Malvern Theatre on September 25 and the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham on November 6.

The star cast includes leading stage and TV actor Robert Daws as Frank Foster, best known for the hit series The Royal, Outside Edge and Roger Roger, opposite Caroline Langrishe as Fiona Foster who has starred in Lovejoy, Holby City and Judge John Deed.

Charlie Brooks, much-loved for her portrayal of EastEnders' Janine Butcher performs as Teresa Philips with Leon Ockenden, best-known for his role as Coronation Street's Will Chatterton as Bob Philips.

Completing the couples are Matthew Cottle who reprises his critically-acclaimed West End performance as William Featherstone, best-known for the BAFTA-nominated Game On.

Alongside him will be Sara Crowe as Mary Featherstone, whose West End credits include Alan Ayckbourn's Absurd Person Singular and The Constant Wife but is best-known for her role in the popular film Four Weddings and a Funeral.

How the Other Half Loves is directed by theatre director and biographer Alan Strachan who has directed plays in New York, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, but the majority of his work has been in London.

He was Artistic Director of the Greenwich Theatre for over a decade and has worked with Sir Michael Redgrave, Dame Penelope Keith, Maureen Lipman CBE, Sir Michael Gambon and Sir Alec Guinness.

As Bob and Fiona clumsily try to cover up their affair, their spouses' intervention only adds to the confusion. William and Mary Featherstone become stuck in the middle, falsely accused of adultery and with no idea as to how they've become involved.

The plot culminates in two disastrous dinner parties on successive nights, shown at the same time, after which the futures of all three couples seem in jeopardy.

At turns heart-wrenching and hilarious, Ayckbourn's tale of social graces and personal misunderstanding remains one of the celebrated writer's most famous comedies.

Tickets for the show at the Everyman Theatre are on sale now. To book, visit www.everymantheatre.org.uk