Annie Lowry Thomas – After Party

Maybe they’re friends or maybe strangers, but nobody wants to go to bed and nobody wants to go home. After Party is an autobiographical performance of personal and political comedowns growing up in the aftermath of New Labour. It begins with the election party Annie’s Dad threw in 1997, and reimagines possible parties from the past, present and future, all scored by a live DJ. It’s a show about late nights, early mornings, Zoom seshes, party politics and men who let you down. It’s about Britpop, Brexit, broken promises and 7am breakdowns. It’s about Tony Blair and all of our Dads. After Party takes on a new charged relevance in a post pandemic world, where parties were prohibited (except in Downing Street) and politics feels hopeless. What comes after the party, and what comes after that? You know what they say, things can only get worse…