A production from

This House by James Graham

Cast Musicians
Labour Whips Acoustic Jim & The Wires: Jim Hustwit
Bob Mellish Phil Daniels (Music Director/guitar), Sam Edgington (bass)
Walter Harrison Reece Dinsdale and Cristiano Castellitto (drums). Guest
Michael Cocks/Joe Harper Vocals: Gunnar Cauthery and Phil Daniels
Vincent Franklin
Ann Taylor Lauren O’Neil Creative Team
Tory Whips Director Jeremy Herrin
Humphrey Atkins Julian Wadham Designer Rae Smith
Jack Weatherill Charles Edwards Lighting Designer Paul Anderson
Fred Silvester Ed Hughes Music Stephen Warbeck
Choreographer Scott Ambler
The Members Chorus Sound Designer Ian Dickinson
Clockmaker/Peebles/Redditch/ Associate Director Joe Murphy
Birmingham Perry Barr Gunnar Cauthery Original Lighting Designer
Woolwich West/Batley & Morley/ Paule Constable
Western Isles Christopher Godwin Company Voice Work Richard Ryder
Walsall North/Serjeant at Arms Act I/ Dialect Coach Penny Dyer
Speaker Act II/ Plymouth Sutton
Andrew Havill Broadcast Team
Rochester & Chatham/Welwyn &
Hatfield/ Coventry South West/Lady Director for Screen Tim van Someren
Batley Helena Lymbery Technical Producer
Paddington South/Chelmsford/ South Christopher C. Bretnall
Ayrshire/Henley Matthew Pidgeon Lighting Director Bernie Davis
Speaker Act I/Mansfield/ Serjeant at Sound Supervisor Conrad Fletcher
Arms Act II/West Lothian Giles Taylor Assistant Director Laura Vallis
Bromsgrove/Abingdon/ Liverpool Edge
Thank you to all the amazing artists who have allowed
Hill/Paisley/Fermanagh Tony Turner us to share This House in this way to support theatre
Esher/Belfast West Rupert Vansittart fans who aren’t able to visit their local theatre.

All other parts played by members of

the Company

Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes, with a very

short interval BBFC rating for cinemas: 15
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A short synopsis of the play
Enjoying two sold-out National Theatre
runs, a NT Live broadcast in 2013, plus a
West End transfer and UK tour, This House
is a timely, moving and funny insight into
the workings of British politics by James
Graham (Ink, ITV’s Quiz).
It’s 1974, and Britain has a hung Parliament.
The corridors of Westminster ring with the
sound of infighting and backstabbing as the
political parties battle to change the future of
the nation.
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Original production sponsored by the National Theatre’s
Cottesloe Partner, Neptune Investment Management
The National’s workshops are responsible for, on this
production: Armoury; Costume; Props & furniture;
Scenic construction; Scenic lighting; Scenic painting;
Wigs, hair & make-up
During this era of chaos, when a staggering
number of politicians die and age-old
traditions are thrown aside, MPs find they
must roll up their sleeves, and bend the
rules, to navigate a way through the Mother
of all Parliaments.
Jeremy Herrin (People, Places and Things)
directs this much-loved production.
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Poster (photos: Houses of Parliament © Corbis; cast
members by Johan Persson) designed by Charlotte
Wilkinson.
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