THE critically acclaimed and prescient political drama by James Graham takes on a new importance in the current political climate and audiences will be able to see why when it comes to the county next week.

Are we in the midst of a political revolution? Can the country stay united? Roll back to 1974...

The corridors of Westminster ring with the sound of infighting and back-biting as Britain’s political parties’ battle to change the future of the nation, whatever it takes.

In an era of chaos, both hilarious and shocking, when votes are won or lost by one, there are fist fights in the parliamentary bars, high-stakes tricks and games are played, and sick MPs are carried through the lobby to register their crucial votes as the government hangs by a thread.

This House, which comes to Malvern’s Festival Theatre from Tuesday, May 15 to Saturday, May 19, 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.

Graham’s biting, energetic and critically-acclaimed play gives us a timely, moving and often amusing insight into the workings of British politics. The cast – who play a colourful host of MPs and Whips - include Ian Barritt, William Chubb, Giles Cooper, Stephen, Critchlow and Natalie Grady.

Also Ian Houghton, David Hounslow, Matthew Pidgeon, Tony Turner and Orlando Wells return to This House having appeared in the successful West End production.