Abigail's Party

Fareham Musical Society presents

Abigails Party

Wed 16th Jul to Sat 19th Jul 7:30pm (2:30pm Sat Mat),
£16 (£15 Under 16/over 65)

Small talk and schadenfreude

British suburbanites Laurence and Beverly are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Susan, whose teenage daughter, Abigail is having a party to which Susan has been dis-invited.

Over drinks and snacks, cliches and fatuous small talk abound. The tension escalates as the marital strain between Beverly and Laurence surfaces. Susan's anxiety over Abigail's party accelerates as rock music and God-knows-what permeate the room.

As Beverly and Angela offer some supremely tactless remarks, reality breaks through the smugness as sudden drama hits.

Abigail's Party was originally evolved from scratch entirely by rehearsal through improvisation and was memorably recorded for BBC television in 1977 starring Alison Steadman.