Abigail’s Party
Past productions
- Perth Theatre at Horsecross Arts and Perth Theatre Company, Perth Theatre
- Theatre by the Lake, Keswick
- Chocolate Factory Productions, Just For Laughs Theatricals/Natalie Macaluso & Tanya Link, and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Theatre Royal, Bath
- Wyndham’s Theatre, London
- Lace Market Theatre, Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham
- Library Theatre, Birmingham
- London Classic Theatre Company, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, Tour – UK, and other locations
- Exeter Northcott Theatre, Northcott Theatre, Exeter
- Whitehall Theatre, London (now Trafalgar Theatre, London)
- Hampstead Theatre and Theatre Royal Bath Productions, New Ambassadors Theatre (now Ambassadors Theatre), London
- Nuffield Theatre Southampton, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
- Mercury Theatre Company, Mercury Theatre, Colchester
- Empty Handed Theatre Productions, Rose Tavern Theatre Club, London SW3
- Windsor Theatre Company, Theatre Royal, Windsor
- Worcester Repertory Company, Swan Theatre, Worcester
- Nottingham Playhouse, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
- Churchill Theatre, Churchill Theatre, Bromley
- Nottingham Theatre Club, Lace Market Theatre, Nottingham
- Hampstead Theatre, Hampstead Theatre, London and Hampstead Theatre, London
- 7/6 Theatre Company, Diorama Arts Centre
A play by Mike Leigh
It was 1977, the year of skin-tight polyester, the Queen’s Silver Jubilee and Saturday Night Fever. The Sex Pistols were storming up the charts, skateboarding was the latest craze and Angela Rippon danced with Morecambe and Wise. And at Hampstead Theatre in London, Mike Leigh and his cast were putting the finishing touches to Abigail’s Party, ferocious black comedy and landmark of twentieth century theatre.
In her suburban living room, Beverly prepares for the arrival of her guests. She and husband Laurence will play host to neighbours Angela, Tony and Sue. As the alcohol flows and the ‘nibbles’ are handed around, Mike Leigh’s ruthless, achingly funny examination of 1970s British life begins.