HOT on the stiletto heels of GamePlan comes FlatSpin, the second Alan Ayckbourn world premiere of the summer at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, with a third play newly added to the list.

Opening in The Round on Thursday, and running in repertoire on various dates until September 8, FlatSpin continues Ayckbourn's Damsels In Distress theme with its tale of Joanna and her plans for a night of romance in her luxurious riverside apartment with the good looking stranger from next door.

The 'distress' factor? The flat is not hers; her name is not really Joanna but Rosie, and heaven knows what that stranger from next door is really after.

FlatSpin will be staged by the same company of actors on the same Roger Glossop set design now featuring in GamePlan. Set and cast will be used once more for Ayckbourn's unexpected new addition to the summer: RolePlay, his landmark 60th play.

Running on various dates from August 30 to September 8, RolePlay gives the keys of the luxury Docklands apartment to Justin Lazenby and Julie-Ann Jobson, who plan an introductory supper for their respective parents.

Will the Jobsons, Derek and Dee, meet with the approval of Justin's mother, Arabella, plus whoever it is she brings?

The supper is planned down to the last detail but no one has allowed for the arrival of the desperate Paige Petite, who drops in from the upstairs flat, pursued by menacing Micky Rale.

This third new Ayckbourn comedy will again be directed by the playwright with the now familiar company of Robert Austin, Saskia Butler, Bill Champion, Tim Faraday, Jacqueline King, Alison Pargeter and Beth Tuckey.

All three shows are being performed on one day, September 8: GamePlan at 10.30am, FlatSpin at 2.30pm and RolePlay at 7.30pm, before the trio leaves the SJT to tour other theatres in-the round.

For tickets, ring 01723 370541.

See next Friday's Friday Night Fever for a profile of Alison Pargeter who plays the lead role in FlatSpin from next Thursday.