SBV talent, Julian Holloway has directed the play Abigail's Party , running at the Odyssey Theatre until October 19th. A hilarious and dark comedy from the director of the acclaimed films Secrets and Lies and Topsy-Turvy . A frantic hostess forces food and cigarettes on her guests in an attempt to disguise both the failure of her party and of her marriage. CRITIC'S CHOICE! Mike Leigh's 1977 comedy is a nasty piece of working-class misanthropy featuring characters who are detestable yet richly complicated... it effectively captures Leigh's perceptive insights into the lives of ordinary people. –Los Angeles Times