University of Oxford Student Season: Trinity Term 2026

By Harold Pinter

Stanley is the sole lodger of Meg and Petey’s seaside boarding house. When two sinister strangers arrive, his stagnant life comes under threat. Everyone throws Stanley a birthday party. So why does he keep insisting that it isn’t his birthday?

The Birthday Party is Pinter’s first and best loved play, a classic comedy of menace about the danger of stasis and fear of change. But who can tell which is which when no one even knows what’s true? Come join the party!