The House Party

About

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.

Laura Lomas's The House Party spins Strindberg's Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for today's generation.

Lomas's recent work includes Metamorphoses (Shakespeare's Globe), The Blue Woman (Royal Opera House) and Chaos (National Theatre Connections).

This co-production with Headlong in association with Frantic Assembly is directed by Holly Race Roughan, whose previous work at Chichester includes Hedda Tesman (2019) and A View from the Bridge (2023).

The cast includes Rachelle Diedericks (Our Generation, A View from the Bridge) as Christine, Josh Finan (The Responder, The Southbury Child) as Jon, and Nadia Parkes (Kidnapped, The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself) as Julie.

Ticket types
When you're booking tickets for this show, the page may look a little different... In addition to our usual Minerva Seating, you can get closer to the party with unreserved onstage seating. This seating is a little narrower than usual.

Or, be a guest at the party with immersive tickets. This involves moving around and sitting on a variety of seating that would be found at a house party, in amongst the action.

£5 Prologue tickets available in all three sections for 16-30 year olds; Prologue members will need to book your own tickets and bring ID when you come to the Theatre.