Written by James Graham. Directed by Jeremy Herrin.
Nica Burns, Caro Newling for Neal Street Productions and Headlong in association with Jonathan Church Productions and Gavin Kalin Productions present a National Theatre and Chichester Festival Theatre production

Following two sell-out seasons at the National Theatre and an upcoming run at Chichester Festival Theatre 2016, James Graham’s critically acclaimed political drama This House transfers to the Garrick Theatre in November 2016.

1974. The UK faces economic crisis and a hung parliament. In a culture hostile to cooperation, it’s a period when votes in the House of Commons are won or lost by one, when there are fist fights in the bars and when sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their vote. It’s a time when a staggering number of politicians die, and the building creaks under idiosyncrasies and arcane traditions.

Set in the engine rooms of Westminster, James Graham’s This House 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.

Premiered at the National Theatre in 2012, This House is written by James Graham (The Vote, Privacy)and directed by Headlong Artistic Director Jeremy Herrin (People, Places and Things, Wolf Hall).

Returning cast members include Phil Daniels as Bob Mellish and Lauren O’Neil as Ann Taylor. New members in the House include Nathaniel Parker as Jack Weatherill, Kevin Doyle as Michael Cocks, Steffan Rhodri as Walter Harrison and Malcolm Sinclair as Humphrey Atkins.