Whipping It Up
New Ambassadors Theatre, London from 1 March 2007
Richard Wilson and Robert Bathurst star in Steve
Thompson's scandalously
funny satire, which blows the lid off the Despatch box and reveals the true
secrets locked in the Whips' safe.
'Black ties; cigar smoke; whisky in cut glass. Westminster runs the country,
but the Whips run Westminster'
The new Tory government is facing dissent over its latest Bill. With a majority
of only three, the Whips’ office is out in full force, and they'll
stop at nothing to keep the strays in line.But they're in for a long night:
boy scouts are rioting in Whitehall, the PM's golfing with the President
and five Tory rebels are on the loose - could this be the beginnings of a
leadership challenge?
‘The sharpest new comedy of the year’
Daily Telegraph
‘A pungent satire on the parliamentary whips. A fascinating insight
into Westminster power games’
The Guardian
‘Steve Thompson has written a vitriolic political comedy that makes
the average alligator pond look like a health spa. Terry Johnston’s
production is crowned by Richard Wilson’s chief whip: an ageing walrus
with the political loyalty of a guard dog and the ethics of a jackal’
The Sunday Times
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