Abigail's Party

Friday 21 November 2025 | 07:30 PM

Dawn China directs this classic comedy of manners from the 1970s where you will recognise the characters from your own life. After a successful sell out season of A Kick in the Baubles at Spotlight Theatre, Dawn is now bringing Abigail's Party, written by Mike Leigh, to life on the Spotlight main stage.

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, clichés 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 when Laurence collapses with a fatal heart attack.

Bar facilities open one hour before performance.

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