Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the cast for Shelagh Stephenson’s Olivier Award-winning play The Memory of Water. Lucy Black, Kulvinder Ghir, Adam James, Lizzy McInnerny, Carolina Main and Laura Rogers will perform in this poignant and painfully funny comedy about conflicting memories, life and loss, which received its world premiere at the theatre in... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre Announces The Memory of Water and world premiere of Malindadzimu
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce further live productions for 2021. Shelagh Stephenson’s Olivier Award-winning play The Memory of Water will run from 3 September until 16 October 2021. Alice Hamilton will direct this poignant and painfully funny comedy about conflicting memories, life and loss. The play originally premiered at the theatre in 1996. Hamilton... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre announces cast for Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the cast for Tennessee Williams’, The Two Character Play, directed by Sam Yates, from 17 July until 28 August. Yates is making a highly anticipated return to the theatre following his Olivier-nominated production of The Phlebotomist (2019). Kate O’Flynn and Zubin Varla will perform in this innovative, psychological thriller... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre announces cast for The Death of a Black Man
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the cast for Alfred Fagon’s darkly compelling, The Death of a Black Man, directed by Dawn Walton, former Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company, from 28 May until 10 July 2021. Nickcolia King-N'da, Natalie Simpson and Toyin Omari-Kinch will perform in this new production which originally premiered at the... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre announces The Death of a Black Man and Raya
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce its first live productions for 2021. Alfred Fagon’s darkly compelling, The Death of a Black Man will run from 28 May until 10 July having originally premiered at the theatre in 1975. 46 years on, this rare revival from the Black British playwriting canon, raises many of the same... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre announces new playwriting programme and new youth project for Camden teens
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce a new playwriting programme, for which participants will be paid, led by the multi-award-winning TV and theatre writer, Mike Bartlett (BBC Doctor Foster, BBC Life, King Charles III), and IGNITE a new, free youth project for 13-17year olds living in Camden. Both initiatives will launch online this spring alongside... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre’s 60th anniversary production of The Dumb Waiter postponed
Following news that London will enter Tier 3 restrictions, Hampstead Theatre’s 60th anniversary production of The Dumb Waiter will now run from Monday 4 January 2021 until Saturday 30 January 2021. Acclaimed stage and screen actors Alec Newman and Shane Zaza play the roles of Ben and Gus, respectively, in this 60th anniversary production directed by Alice Hamilton, originally programmed for spring.... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre announces casting and extension for The Dumb Waiter
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the cast for Harold Pinter’s iconic play The Dumb Waiter. Due to popular demand the production has been extended and will now run from 18 November 2020 until 2 January 2021. Acclaimed stage and screen actors Alec Newman and Shane Zaza will play the roles of Ben and Gus,... Continue Reading →
News: Hampstead Theatre to re-open with The Dumb Waiter
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce that it will be reopening this November with Nobel Prize-winning writer Harold Pinter’s iconic early play The Dumb Waiter from 18 November to 19 December 2020. Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre said: “I am so delighted to be able to share this news today. As Hampstead Theatre,... Continue Reading →
News: The Mono Box launches The Monologue Library
Hampstead Theatre’s Associate Company, The Mono Box, is delighted to announce the launch of The Monologue Library, audio recordings of renowned artists performing their favourite theatrical speeches. Available on themonobox.co.uk the Library features over 100 speeches by artists such as Sir Derek Jacobi, Denise Gough, Sheila Atim, Gina McKee, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Sir Simon Russell... Continue Reading →