You Never Can Tell at UCLA Campus

Born of a wager that prolific playwright George Bernard Shaw could not write a seaside comedy, You Never Can Tell finds the celebrated writer Mrs. Clandon returning to the coast of England with her three adult children. Romance -- with a dentist appropriately named Mr. Valentine and a former husband -- naturally follows, as does a wild masquerade party. Loaded with dazzling wit and pointed jabs at turn-of-the-century British society, You Never Can Tell is a multigenerational romp of mistaken identity and ever-changing relationships, and L.A. Theatre Works performs a stripped-down production with no sets or costumes, which will be broadcast nationwide on public radio at a later date, at the James Bridges Theater.