The drama in Abigail’s Party focuses on the toe-curling intrigues in Bev’s suburban living room over the course of her car-crash soiree. But what about the eponymous do in Mike Leigh’s comedy of manners – the party next door, thrown by the teenage Abigail while her mother, Sue, languishes at Bev’s?
Abigail, who remains an offstage McGuffin in Leigh’s play, is now set to take centre stage in a complementary spin-off production alongside a revival of Leigh’s 1977 satire at Watford Palace theatre. Abi’s House Party will show us what happens at Abi’s bash while the adults are having their meltdowns.
