A Headlong co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, produced in association with Frantic Assembly, and presented by Leeds Playhouse and Rose Theatre, Kingston with Bristol Old Vic.

The House Party, which premiered at Chichester in May 2024 in a co-production with Headlong, in association with Frantic Assembly, will embark on a UK tour in Spring 2025. Presented by Leeds Playhouse and Rose Theatre, Kingston with Bristol Old Vic, the production will play at Leeds Playhouse 21 Feb – 1 Mar, Rose Theatre, Kingston 4 – 22 Mar and Bristol Old Vic 23 Apr – 3 May.

A wild party. A friendship. A cherished pet. And a 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 privilege, desire and destruction.

Written by Laura Lomas (Metamorphoses, The Blue Woman, Chaos), The House Party is a reimagining of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie for today’s generation directed by Headlong's Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan (The New Real, A View from the Bridge, Henry V).

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The photos below show the original Chichester cast; touring cast to be announced.