| This Is Where We Came In | |
| Characters: | Great Aunt Repetitus Uncle Erraticus Uncle Oblivious Fred Nell Bethany Talitha Jenkin Albert Kevin on Keyboards |
| Premiere: | 4/11 August 1990 |
| Place: | Stephen Joseph Theatre (Westwood site), Scarborough |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Subject: | Storytelling, re-inventing fairy tales |
| Web: | http://thisiswherewecamein.alanayckbourn.net/index.htm |
| Chronology: | Ayckbourn |
| Last Play: | Body Language (1989) |
| Next Play: | Callisto 5 (1991) |
This Is Where We Came In is a 1990 children's play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is about three storytellers, Great Aunt Repetitus, Uncle Erraticus, Uncle Oblivious, who trap six players in twisted re-interpretations of fairy tales. It was originally presented as a two-parter shown on Saturday mornings, where the plays could be seen out of order, but the two parts were put together and made into a single event in Christmas 1991.
This Is Where We Came In is a chronicle of a group of misfits who have fallen victim to their story-teller overlord's fierce control.