Mike Leigh's classic play Abigail's Party is to move to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End on Tuesday, 15 May.
It is replacing the King's Speech which is to close in Wyndham's Theatre on 12 May, less than two months after its West End premiere.
Directed by Lindsay Posner, Abigail's Party opened at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London in March 2012.
It is a satire on the aspirations of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s.
Set in 1970s suburbia, Abigail's Party was written by Mike Leigh in 1977 and is perhaps his best known television work.
The current production by Lindsay Posner stars Jill Halfpenny as Beverly and Andy Nyman as Laurence.
Other cast members include Joe Absalom who plays Tony, Natalie Casey is Angela and Susannah Harker plays Sue.
Mike Leigh's classic play Abigail's Party is to move to Wyndham's Theatre in the West End on Tuesday, 15 May.
It is replacing The King's Speech which is to close on 12 May, less than two months after its West End premiere.
Producers admitted last week that the play had been staged too soon after the Oscar-winning film.
Directed by Lindsay Posner, the current production of Abigail's Party opened at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in March 2012.
It is a satire on the aspirations of the new middle class that emerged in Britain in the 1970s.
Set at a suburban dinner party, which slowly unravels, Abigail's Party was written by Mike Leigh for stage and screen in 1977 and is perhaps his best-known television work.
The current production stars Jill Halfpenny as Beverly Moss - a "brutal hostess with shoulders like a lifeguard and a walk to match", as Alan Bennett once opined.
Other cast members include Joe Absalom, who plays Tony; Natalie Casey as Angela; and Andy Nyman as Laurence.
Announcing the closure of The King's Speech last week, producers said: "At the start of this year, we believed that enough time had passed between the film and our opening. This clearly was not the case."
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