HOME unveils a stunning spring programme of internationally renowned theatre

Based on devastating true events while told through an original storyline, Jane Thornton and Martha Godber’s One Punch explores the grim, visceral reality and life-shattering consequences of one-punch violence in a raw, unflinching yet often funny new play, produced in partnership with charity One Punch Hull.

When two friends set off on another innocuous night out in the coastal Yorkshire city, neither could anticipate that a standard evening of shots, bars, laughs and revelry would end in unspeakable tragedy, as a single impulsive blow changes both their trajectories forever.

Hailed as ‘bracingly relevant and searingly shocking’ by WhatsOnStage and ‘Fresh, ferociously intense, and visually striking’ by The Stage, Laura Lomas’ The House Party reimagines Stringberg’s Miss Julie with a profound interrogation of class, power and privilege.

To celebrate her eighteenth birthday, Julie throws a party in her dad’s lavish townhouse, having recently been dumped by her boyfriend. Her long-suffering best friend, Christine, is dutifully on-hand to provide counsel and ensure a good night, clearing up the detritus in the kitchen with her boyfriend, Jon – the son of Julie’s cleaner.

But as the evening progresses and volatile inebriation sets in, Julie concocts a twisted cocktail of entitlement, desire and destruction.

Described as ‘unpredictably bonkers’ in Broadway World’s five-star review, the Winner of 2019 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting offers a searing, timely and gleefully irreverent metatheatrical satire which traverses 500 years of history in an exploration of race and modern society.

Trapped in a minstrel show with a weakening grip on reality, Tambo and Bones hatch an escape plan which takes them from comedy double-act to hip-hop icons and eventually activists in a future America, subverting stereotypes and confronting prejudice in a nation ready to buckle under the weight of racial conflict.

Following critically acclaimed runs in London and around the world, the international smash-hit Kim’s Convenience brings a joyously uplifting drama about the tribulations of a family-run Korean store to HOME this April.

Written by Ins Choi and directed by Esther Jun, the poignant and often hilarious tale which inspired the Netflix sensation acts as a tribute to the creator’s parents, and to all first-generation immigrants who found new lives in Canada.

Directed by theatre legend Emma Rice, this riotous rework of the timeless Hitchcock thriller combines tactile physicality, an irresistible fifties soundtrack and countless hats to bring a spellbinding story of glamour, romance, jeopardy and hard-hitting home truths to HOME.

In Rice’s madcap adaptation, reluctant hero Roger Thornhill makes a mistimed phone call to his mother which lands him in the centre of a web of Cold War conspiracy, embroiling him in a world of espionage as he goes on the run from spies, planes and a mysterious femme fatale.