Out of Joint, in association with Hampstead Theatre, present

Feelgood

by Alistair Beaton     2001

It’s party conference time, and in the leader’s hotel suite, the spin doctors are sweating over the Prime Minister’s speech. With public opinion increasingly volatile, there’s panic at the top. This time it’s all got to be perfect.

But in the same hotel a journalist is piecing together a scandal so far-reaching that it could keep the party out of power for a generation. Can the story be killed? Can the journalist be bought off? And exactly how far will a government go to save itself?

REVIEWS

‘Brings political rudeness and cheek back to theatre stifled by cautious conservatism’
-The Guardian

‘Hooray for a political comedy that is actually funny!’
-Daily Mail

‘Alistair Beaton has cooked up a sizzling political farce’ 
-Evening Standard

‘Pure comic joy’ 
-Daily Telegraph

CAST & CREATIVES

Cast: Henry Goodman, Sian Thomas, Jeremy Swift, Amita Dhiri, Nigel Planer, Pearce Quigley, Nigel Cooke.

Director: Max Stafford-Clark
Designer: Julian McGowan
Lighting Designer: Johanna Town
Sound Designer: Simon Baker

PERFORMANCES

Feelgood premiered at The Hampstead Theatre, London on 31st January 2001.