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5 March - 22 March
The House Party
A modern reimagining of August Strindberg's Miss Julie
Past event

The House Party

A modern reimagining of August Strindberg's Miss Julie
Wed 5 March - Sat 22 March
5 March
-
22 March

A wild party. A friendship. And one night that changes everything.

Rose Theatre presents a Chichester Festival Theatre and Headlong co-production in association with Frantic Assembly

Written by Laura Lomas
Directed by Holly Race Roughan

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 entitlement, desire and destruction. 

Described as “bracingly relevant and searingly shocking” by WhatsOnStage and "Fresh, ferociously intense, and visually striking" by The Stage, The House Party explores themes of class, power, and privilege with raw intensity.

Directed by Headlong’s Artistic Director Holly Race Roughan (A View from the Bridge) with movement from the formidable Frantic Assembly, Laura Lomas’ The House Party spins Strindberg’s Miss Julie into intense, fizzing life for today’s generation.

Praise for The House Party:

★★★★★ 'Sensational. A blazing hot ménage à trois... a cauldron of desire, resentment and revenge' - Broadway World
★★★★ 'This Strindberg update crackles with energy' - The Times
★★★★ '- Bracingly relevant and searingly shocking... perfectly depicts the messiness of youth.' - WhatsOnStage
★★★★ '- Fresh, ferociously intense and visually striking reimagining of Strindberg’s thorny drama.' - The Stage

Raise the Roof

 

Join us for an unforgettable party, raising funds to support the Rose's work with children and young people.

 

Tickets: £60, plus add a voluntary £35 donation eligible for Gift Aid to make an even greater impact!
When: Thursday 20 March, 7PM - 11PM

 

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Event Details

Running time: Approx. 90mins (no interval)
Age guidance: 14+
Warning: Contains strong language, flashing lights and strobe.

Content warnings:

Contains themes of class divisions, privilege, sexual relationships, social media, self-harm, suicide, miscarriage, psychological trauma, and depictions of drinking, sexual activity, and violence towards animals.


Bar open from 6pm: Continue the party in the bar and enjoy 15% off post show drinks!

This production is generously supported by Charles Holloway OBE

 

Credit: Ikin Yum

Credits

Synnøve Karlsen

Julie

Tom Lewis

Jon

Sesley Hope

Christine

Jamie Randall

Ensemble

JAHEEM PINDER

Ensemble

RACHAEL LEONCE

Girl / Ensemble

MICAH CORBIN - POWELL

Ensemble

CAL CONNOR

Ensemble

Oliver Baines

Ensemble

Ines Aresti

Ensemble

Laura Lomas

Writer

Holly Race Roughan

Director

Loren Elstein

Set Designer

Maybelle Laye

Costume Designer

Joshua Pharo

Lighting Designer

JOSEPH HORNSBY

Co - Lighting Designer

Giles Thomas

Sound Designer & Composer

Scott Graham

Movement Director

Aundrea Fudge

Voice & Dialect Coach

Haruka Kuroda

Intimacy and Movement Director

GITIKA BUTTOO

Associate Director

Tallulah Caskey

Associate Set Designer

Emma Laxton

Associate Sound Designer

RICHARD JAMES - NEALE

Associate Movement Director

FRANK PESCHIER

Dramaturg

Becky Paris CDG

Casting Director