After Party
Annie Lowry Thomas
An election plays out on a television.
A party plays out on Zoom.
A group of people come together in a darkened room.
Maybe they’re friends or maybe strangers, but nobody wants to go to bed and nobody wants to go home.
So they start talking.
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, sesh politics and men who let you down. It's about Britpop, Brexit, broken promises and 7am break downs. It's about Kier Starmer and all of our Dads.
“As it stands, and After Party does stand for something in all its complex and giddy glory - Thomas has knitted together a refreshingly incisive and tautly written dissection of the mess of the world she came of age in, with the good times still to come.”
Neil Cooper, The Herald ****
What comes after the party, and what comes after that? You know what they say, things can only get worse...
After the Party was Hacks’ first fully funded project, and was supported by Creative Scotland, Tramway, CCA and Platform. Created during 2021, it premiered at Camden People’s Theatre 2021 Sprint Festival, and sold out performance at Tramway (2023) and Tron Theatre (2024) and Summerhall (2024.)
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After the After Party
An exclusive documentary by Daniel Hughes following one of Glasgow’s top 50 performance artists, and the creation of her newest work, After Party. Expect egos, expenses, and limited edition festive stacks.
Supported by Tramway Supports, After the After Party follows Annie Lowry Thomas and her team, as she takes the audience behind the scenes of the theatrical event of the week.
Created for Tramway TV in 2021.