Jonathan Church Productions and Headlong present The National Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre production of
THIS HOUSE
Directed by Jeremy Herrin |Festival Theatre|27 – 31 March 2018
1974. The UK faces economic crisis and a hung parliament.
In a culture hostile to cooperation, it’s a period when votes are won or lost by one, when there are fist fights in the bars and when sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their vote. It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and the building creaks under idiosyncrasies and arcane traditions.
Set in the engine rooms of Westminster, This House strips politics down to the practical realities of those behind the scenes; the whips who roll up their sleeves and on occasion bend the rules to shepherd and coerce a diverse chorus of MPs within the Mother of all Parliaments.
James Graham’s critically acclaimed and prescient political drama THIS HOUSE which played to sold-out houses at the National Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and in the West End will begins its first ever UK tour with dates at Festival Theatre Edinburgh (27 – 31 March).
http://www.edtheatres.com/thishouse
