Party Games!

About

Set in the UK in the not-too-distant future of 2026, John Waggner (Matthew Cottle) the newly elected leader of the hastily formed centrist One Nation Party, presides over a hung parliament, a discontented electorate and striking cheesemakers. He and his power-hungry MPs must cling onto authority through whatever shaky means possible. Can one man, a Svengali spin doctor, and some dodgy data unite the country? Furthermore, what role can his wife, the King and a large spider, not to mention his trusty AI, play in keeping the lights on?

Starring Matthew Cottle (Stan Laurel in the film Chaplin, BBC’s Game On) as Prime Minister John Waggner, Debra Stephenson (Bad Girls, Coronation Street, The Impressions Show and Dead Ringers) as Deputy Leader Lisa Williams, Natalie Dunne (The Third Man at Menier Chocolate Factory, Your Christmas Or Mine? for Amazon) as Anne Waggner, the Prime Minister’s wife, Krissi Bohn (Coronation Street, CBeebies Treasure Champs) as Private Secretary Candice Edwards, Jason Callender (Upstart Crow and The Play That Goes Wrong in the West End) as would-be Chief of Staff Luke Roberts and William Oxborrow (The Madness of George III at the National Theatre, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and A Clockwork Orange for the RSC) playing multiple roles.