- All Lies is Alan Ayckbourn's 86th play.
- All Lies was written during the Covid pandemic of 2020 / 2021 and was conceived to be premiered in the end-stage McCarthy auditorium at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough. However, the venue declined the play.
- The world premiere - directed by Alan Ayckbourn - took place at The Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere, on 6 May 2022.
- All Lies was the fifth of Alan's full-length plays to have not premiered in Scarborough and the first in 35 years; previously Alan opened A Small Family Business at the National Theatre in 1987. The other plays to have not premiered in Scarborough are Christmas V Mastermind & Mr Whatnot (Stoke-on-Trent) and Jeeves (London)
- This marked the first time an Ayckbourn world premiere has taken place at The Old Laundry Theatre and marked only the second time Alan had directed a production specifically for this venue. Previously he directed By Jeeves in 2017 at The Old Laundry Theatre.The world premiere production was part of The Old Laundry Theatre's 30th anniversary celebrations.
- All Lies later transferred to the Esk Valley Theatre, Glaisdale, near Whitby; this marked the first time an Ayckbourn world premiere production had been performed at the venue.
- All Lies is considered one of Alan Ayckbourn's end-stage plays; plays written specifically for end-stage production (although several of them have gone on to be produced in the round). The other plays are: Bedroom Farce, Haunting Julia, A Small Family Business, Things We Do For Love and Virtual Reality. Although Jeeves and House were originally performed as end-stage plays, unlike the other plays they were not specifically written for end-stage performance.
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