GIVEN the current political climate in this country James Graham’s critically acclaimed and prescient drama takes on a new importance in the present state of Parliament.

Are we in the midst of a political revolution? Can the country stay united? Roll back to 1974...

The corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of in-fighting and back-biting as Britain’s political parties’ battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes.

Sound familiar - could even be today.

Here though, in an era of chaos, both hilarious and shocking, when votes are won or lost by one, there are fist-fights in the parliamentary bars, high-stakes tricks and games are played, and sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their crucial votes as the government hangs by a thread.

That’s what audiences can expect when This House comes to Malvern’s Festival Theatre for a one week run later this month and 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 biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed play is on at the Festival from Tuesday, May 15 through to Saturday, May 19, and gives us a timely, moving and often amusing insight into the workings of British politics.

The cast – who play a colourful host of MPs and Whips - is Ian Barritt , William Chubb, Giles Cooper, Stephen Critchlow, James Gaddas, Natalie Grady, Ian Houghton, David Hounslow, Marcus Hutton, Harry Kershaw, Louise Ludgate, Geoffrey Lumb, Nicholas Lumley, Martin Marquez, Matthew Pidgeon, Miles Richardson, Tony Turner, Orlando Wells and Charlotte Worthing. Ian Houghton, David Hounslow, Matthew Pidgeon, Tony Turner and Orlando Wells return to This House having previously appeared in the West End production.


This House is produced on tour by Jonathan Church Productions and Headlong.