When he appeared as a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks last year, a lot of us here at LC Towers were rather taken with Tom Basden. So you’d think the London debut (running for just two weeks) of his award-winning play Party, in which he also stars, would be an easy recommendation. However this must come with a warning as the production also stars Tim Key, whose name is anathema to the lowculture massive. Personally, I prefer to pretend there are two entirely separate Tim Keys: One who wastes valuable Brooker-scowling time on Newswipe and another who is quite likeable and always nearly falls off his chair on We Need Answers. I choose to believe it’s the latter who will be apppearing in this play. In any case it’s Basden’s script so hopefully that means Key won’t feel the need to stop the action and recite some “poetry.” It’s also got Magda from Lead Balloon in it so go on, give it a go. Oh, and it’s about a bunch of friends who start a political party in their shed, if little things like the plot are of importance to you.
- Party, Arts Theatre until March 13th
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FYI, this play is fucking brilliant. Brilliant, I tell you. See it.
I saw it last night and it is indeed very funny – bizarrely the highlight was Tim Key pouring water out of a jug.