Whipping It Up

by Steve Thompson

Directed by Lesley Strachan

Evenings at 7.45
Tuesday April 13th - Saturday April 17th
Matinée at 3.00
Saturday April 17th

Ticket Prices : £11 standard tickets
(£9 concessions/members)

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Photography by Robert Piwko

 

The Tower Theatre performing at the
Bridewell Theatre, off Fleet Street

The winning party rules the country, but who rules the winning party?

House of Cards meets Yes Minister meets The Thick of It.
It's the very near future; the Conservatives are back in power... with a slim majority of three.
Five rebel backbenchers are on the loose, the PM is away playing golf with the President, and the Opposition Chief Whip is playing her most deceptive hand in an undeclared dirtiest tricks competition.
Twists and double-bluffs fall over each other in this "vitriolic political comedy that makes the average alligator pond look like a health spa" (Sunday Times).

 

In addition to the normal Q & A session after the show on Thursday April 15th, there will be an extra session with the author, Steve Thompson, on Saturday April 17th after the matinée