After Miss Julie comes to Park Theatre
A revival of Patrick Marber’s 2003 adaptation of the classic Strindberg play, After Miss Julie places the title character in 1945 on the eve of Labour’s historic landslide victory. Julie is daughter of a powerful MP, and her disastrous forbidden fling with her father’s chauffeur, John, becomes the battleground for social commentary on class, gender, and manipulation. Taking place in the kitchen of an English country house, where class boundaries begin to blur amid the changing social order, Julie, John and the cook he is engaged to, Christine, enter into a tense battle of power and control. Driven by desire, ambition and shifting social roles, the brutal love tragedy careers towards its inevitable conclusion leaving betrayal and tragedy in its wake.
The cast includes Liz Francis (Lara in the film Tomorrow) as Julie, Tom Varey (William Shakespeare in the RSC’s Hamnet) and Charlene Boyd (Fringe First and CATS Outstanding Performance nominee for June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me).
Director Dadiow Lin said, “For me, Marber’s After Miss Julie is about people, despite the innate difference that lies between their biology and social status, who recognise each other’s hunger of breaking the barriers and be free, yet are trapped by the very world that shapes them. Marber’s words are raw and tender, full of longing and cruelty in equal measure. What moves me is its brutal truth, that hope can be both our greatest strength and our deepest wound. It is a story that feels heartbreakingly human, and devastatingly now: we carry on dreaming intensely while the dreams carry on being crushed.”
KB Productions was founded by Kit Bromovsky in 2024. Previous shows include Da Vinci’s Laundry and Thanks For Having Me (Riverside Studios 2025)
Park Theatre presents exceptional theatre in the heart of Finsbury Park, boasting two world-class performance spaces: Park200 for predominantly larger scale productions by established talent, and Park90, a flexible studio space, for emerging artists. In twelve years, it has enjoyed eight West End transfers (including Rose starring Maureen Lipman, The Boys in the Band starring Mark Gatiss, Pressure starring David Haig and The Life I Lead starring Miles Jupp), two National Theatre transfers, 14 national tours, seven Olivier Award nominations, has won multiple OffWestEnd Offie Awards, and Theatre of the Year award from The Stage as well as their inaugural Campaign of the Year award in 2025 for their work reaching underserved audiences with Korean comedy drama Kim’s Convenience.
Running Time: 60 mins | Suitable for ages 12+
Content warnings: Contains strong language, nudity, depictions of violence, reference to suicide, sexual abuse and upsetting themes.
Company information
Director Dadiow Lin Adaption Patrick Marber
Set designer Eleanor Wintour Lighting designer Jack Hathaway Sound designer Ed Lewis
Cast
Julie Liz Francis John Tom Varey Christine Charlene Boyd
Listings information
Park90, Park Theatre, Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London N4 3JP
11 – 28 Feb
Mon – Sat evening 7pm, Thurs and Sat matinees 3.15pm
Standard – from £15 I Access – £9.50 I Park Under 30 – £10 I Previews 11 – 12 Feb – all tickets £15
Audio described performance: Thurs 26 Feb, 7pm, touch tour 6pm
www.parktheatre.co.uk | 020 7870 6876*
