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Menier Chocolate Factory  have announced the revival of acclaimed play, Abigail's Party by Mike Leigh. From the award-winning writer and director comes some of his best loved characters in this "brilliant and hilarious play" - Daily Telegraph.

In 1970's suburbia, Berverly and her husband Laurence are hosting a drinks party for their neighbours. There is plenty of alcohol, an array of cheese-pineapple savoury bites and olives, and Demis Roussos on the record player. But as prejudices are unmasked and tempers flare, the evening seems headed for disaster...

Mike Leigh's classic comedy is directed by Lindsay Posner, who recently directed Noises Off at the Old Vic. Other credits include: Butley (Duchess), A View from the Bridge (Duke of York's - Olivier nomination) and Fiddler on the Roof (Savoy - Olivier nomination). The role of the infamous Beverly will be played by Jill Halfpenny, who won an Olivier Award in 2011 for her role as Paulette in Legally Blonde (Savoy). Jill is also well known for her TV roles on EastEnders, Waterloo Road and Blue Murder.

Press Night on 8th March.

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39 Steps | A Bowl Of Cherries | A Tale of Two Cities | Abigail's Party | Absent Friends | Akram Khan - Desh | All New People | Alternative Comedy Gala | Being Shakespeare | Billy Elliot | Blood Brothers | Chicago | Classic Lunch Cruise | Crazy For You | Dreamboats and Petticoats | English National Ballet: My First Sleeping Beauty | Evening Dinner Cruise | GATZ | Ghost | Hay Fever | Horrible Histories | Jackie Mason - Fearless | Jersey Boys | Julius Caesar | Ladykillers | Legally Blonde | Les Miserables | Lion King | London Dungeon | London Eye | Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Madame Tussauds | Madness Of George III | Mamma Mia! | Mamma Mia! | Master Class | Matilda The Musical | Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words | Midnight Tango | Mousetrap | Much Ado About Nothing | Naked Boys Singing | Noises Off | Noises Off | One Man, Two Guvnors | Pajama Men: In The Middle Of No One | Pet Shop Boys & Javier De Frutos - The Most Incredible Thing | Phantom of The Opera | Pippin | Pitmen Painters | Proud Cabaret | Rambert Dance Company: Mixed Bill | Reduced Shakespeare Company's The Complete World Of Sports(Abridged) | Richard III | Rock Of Ages | Rockin' Horses | Shrek The Musical | Singin' In The Rain | South Downs/The Browning Version | Stomp | Sweeney Todd | That Thing Friday Night | The Awkward Squad | The Bodyguard | The Duchess of Malfi | The Fitzrovia Radio Hour | The Houdini Experience | The King's Speech | The Leisure Society | The Sunshine Boys | Three Days in May | Thriller Live | Tiger Who Came to Tea | Top Hat | Twelfth Night | UMOJA: The Spirit Of Togetherness | Wah! Wah! Girls | War Horse | We Will Rock You | Wicked | Wizard of Oz | Woman In Black

 

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