The House Party
A Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong co-production in association with Frantic Assembly presented by Leeds Playhouse and Rose Theatre Kingston with Bristol Old VicA zesty tangle of desire and resentment, brilliantly acted
The Times
Tense, loud, fast and superbly performed... [a] slick production
Daily Mail
A wild party. A friendship. And one night that changes everything.
It’s Julie’s 18th birthday, and she’s throwing a party in her father’s extravagant townhouse. Her boyfriend has just dumped her and her long-suffering best friend Christine is trying to pick up the pieces. As the revellers pile into the booze, down in the kitchen Christine and her boyfriend Jon – son of Julie’s cleaner – clear up and dare to dream of the future.
But as the volume goes up and the shots go down, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of entitlement, desire and destruction.
Directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan with movement from the formidable Frantic Assembly, Laura Lomas’ The House Party spins Strindberg’s Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for today’s generation; exploring themes of class, power, and privilege with raw intensity.
Artwork by Bob King Creative
A Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong co-production in association with Frantic Assembly presented by Leeds Playhouse and Rose Theatre Kingston with Bristol Old Vic
This production is generously supported by Charles Holloway OBE
A blazing hot ménage à trois... a cauldron of desire, resentment and revenge
Fresh, ferociously intense, and visually striking reimagining of Strindberg’s thorny drama
Bracingly relevant and searingly shocking... perfectly depicts the messiness of youth
Post-show Q&A | 1 May, straight after the matinee
Stay after the matinee on the 1 May for a Q&A with the cast, led by Associate Director Gitika Buttoo. Gitika will ask questions to the cast about the themes within the production, followed by an opportunity for audience members to ask their own questions about the performance.
In the theatre, from 4:00 – 4:30pm.
Radically different, insightful and thought-provoking
TheatreSouthEast
Bracingly relevant and searingly shocking
WhatsOnsStage
This fresh and energetic take on a classic is well worth a watch
WestEndBestFriend
Laura Lomas’ script is equal parts funny and devastating
TimeandLeisure
A resounding success
AllThatDazzles
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On Stage
Photos: Ikin Yum
