POLITICS AND POWER ARE LAID BARE IN THIS HILARIOUS NEW COMEDY FOR 2024
Matthew Cottle stars in Party Games! by Michael MacManus
UK tour opens in Guildford on Thursday 2 May 2024, touring nationally in May and June.
Following the acclaimed national tours of Sheila’s Island and Ladies of Letters in 2022, the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, presents the world premiere of Party Games! from the writer of Maggie & Ted.
Starring Matthew Cottle (of BAFTA nominated BBC sit com Game On and Channel 4’s hit comedy The Windsors), Party Games! puts political leadership on the ledge and goes inside the chaos of government to see whether advisers do advise and if ministers can decide.
This is the UK 2026, John Waggner newly elected leader of the hastily formed centrist One Nation Party presides over a hung parliament, a discontented electorate and striking cheese makers. He and his power-hungry MPs must cling onto authority through whatever shaky means possible. Can one man, a Svengali spin doctor and some dodgy data unite the country? And what role can his wife, the King and a large spider play in keeping the lights on?
‘You’d be a fool to miss this top-notch two-hander’, Norwich Evening News (on Ladies of Letters, 2022)
‘a capacious warehouse for the best one-liners and anecdotes from McManus’s own observation’ The Guardian (on Maggie & Ted, 2021)
Party Games! is an Yvonne Arnaud original production, directed by Joanna Read and designed by Francis O’Connor
Further casting and tour dates to be announced.