Hampstead Theatre

ūüö® CASTING ALERT ūüö® We're thrilled to present the full cast of Roy William's gripping play 'The Firm'. Ray Fearon stars as Gus with Makir Ahmed, George Eggay, Jay Simpson and Clarence Smith. Directed by Denis Lawson. Read More ūüĎá https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/‚Ķ/full -cast-of-the-firm-a‚Ķ/

ūüö®JUST ANNOUNCED ūüö®Hampstead Downstairs presents the world premiere of Oli Forsyth‚Äôs breakthrough play #HTCashCow. Directed by Katie Pesskin, this gripping new play is a blistering exploration of blind, parental ambition and the consequences of tough love. Playing Downstairs 14 June - 20 July. https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on /2019/cash-cow/

Massive congratulations to Sharon D. Clarke for her well deserved Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She is a total superstar on and off stage - what a woman. Thank you for the incredible Caroline, or Change memories. Tonight is all yours, Sharon. Enjoy it!

Tonight's the night! Who. Will. Win?
We're rooting for Caroline, or Change (Best Musical Revival, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Costume Design), Moe Bar-El for his excellent performance in Every Day I Make Greatness Happen (Downstairs, 2018) and The Phlebotomist for Outstanding Achievement in Affiliate Theatre.
Good luck to all the nominees!
... #OlivierAwards
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Take a first look at Kellie Smith‚Äôs breakthrough play Wilderness with these gorgeous new production photos by Robert Day ūüďł Playing Downstairs until 27 April #HTWilderness
Director: Anna Ledwich Designer: Lucy Sierra Lighting: Matt Haskins... Sound: Dan Balfour Cast: Richard Frame, Natalie Klamar, Allison McKenzie & Finlay Robertson
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See The Phlebotomist cast, creatives and guests celebrating after last night's amazing Press Night performance. Now playing on the Main Stage until 20 April ūüíČ ūü•ā https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-‚Ä ¶/‚Ķ/the-phlebotomist/

Double excitement for Ella Road's Olivier Award nominated The Phlebotomist today: Press Night tonight and we've just released these beautiful new production photos by Marc Brenner... Break a leg to everybody involved ūüôĆūüćÄ Playing until 20 April https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-‚Ä ¶/‚Ķ/the-phlebotomist/

CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT!
We're delighted to present the full cast of Howard Brenton's latest epic, Jude. Isabella Nefar stars as Jude alongside Paul Brennen, Merch Husey, Caroline Loncq, Luke MacGregor, Shanaya Rafaat, Anna Savva and Emily Taaffe, directed by Edward Hall in his final production as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre. #HTJude
https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on /2019/jude/

With Kellie Smith's breakthrough play Wilderness opening Downstairs TONIGHT (ūüôĆ) here's a sneak peek at the cast and creative team hard at work in the rehearsal room to whet your appetite...#HTWilderness https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on /2019/wilderness/‚Ķ

Here's 4/4 of the Phlebotomist Monologues by Ella Road, starring the superb Arthur Darvill. He's a first time buyer with an impeccable record but it isn't his credit rating that doesn‚Äôt add up‚Ķ ūüŹėÔłŹ #HTPhlebotomist #NowPlaying

Here's 3/4 of the Phlebotomist Monologues by Ella Road, starring the amazing Claire Skinner with Michael Simkins. She‚Äôs the perfect candidate in every way but there‚Äôs just one slight issue... ūüíĽ Check in tomorrow noon for the final video... #HTPhlebotomist #WhatsYourRating?

With The Phlebotomist opening tonight on the Main Stage (ūüôĆ) we're thrilled to present the next instalment of the Phlebotomist Monologues by Ella Road, starring the fantastic George Blagden. Meet Alex, he is looking for the perfect 6.5 or above... ‚̧ԳŹ #WhatsYourRating?

To celebrate the Olivier Award nomination for The Phlebotomist (opening tomorrow ūüôĆ), Ella Road has written 4 exclusive monologues encapsulating a world where all that matters is your genetic rating... First up is the brilliant Meera Syal as ‚ÄėThe Headmistress‚Äô ūüŹę Check back at 12pm tomorrow for monologue number 2. #HTPhlebotomist #TheHeadmistress

With Ella Road's Olivier Award nominated The Phlebotomist opening on the Main Stage in just ONE WEEK (ūüéČ) we are very excited to release these beautiful new rehearsal shots... ūüďł For more info and to book: https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on /‚Ķ/the-phlebotomist

Public Booking is now open for Howard Brenton's epic modern tale of unexpected genius #HTJude and the return of Roy Williams' gripping sell-out #HTTheFirm. You know what to do... #GoGoGo https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-on /just-announced/

ūüö®CASTING ANNOUNCEMENTūüö® Richard Frame, Natalie Klamar, Allison McKenzie and Finlay Robertson to star in Kellie Smith's breakthrough play Wilderness. Directed by Anna Ledwich #HTWilderness https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/‚Ķ/full -wilderness-cast-an‚Ķ/

2 new shows just announced...ūüôĆūüéČ #HTJude #HTTheFirm https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/‚Ķ/febr uary/two-new-shows-‚Ķ/

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT! Jade Anouka, Rory Fleck Byrne, Kiza Deen, Claudia Cadette, Mark Lambert and Edward Wolstenholme to star in Ella Road's chilling and provocative debut, The Phlebotomist. #HTPhlebotomist #WhatsYourRating?
https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/whats-‚Ä ¶/‚Ķ/the-phlebotomist/

This is one if not the best theatres in London and is does some great productions. Filthy Business was an excellent show can't wait for next one.

Super convenient with Swiss Cottage tube 1 minutes walk away. A well stocked bar unless you wanted cider the night I went. Grrrr.

The play was one of the most polished I've ever seen. Great chemistry ,excellent stage presence intriguing storyline riddled with twists and turns. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Saw Sex With Strangers which I loved! It was my first visit to this theatre and I'll definitely be back. It's a great use of space and has a good selection of food and drink. Easily accessible as a few seconds from Swiss Cottage tube.

Recently moved to the neighbourhood and been to this thater a few times. Went to watch Sex With Strangers and loved it! I love everything about this theater, the plays, the snaks, the rooms, the bar... everything!

Lovely intimate theatre conveniently located next to Swiss Cottage Tube. Staff were all very pleasant at what was my first ever visit to see Genesis Inc. Nice front of house bar with additional outdoor seating too.

Love Hampstead Theatre - rarely a bad production. Particularly love "Downstairs" for intense and intimate theatre experiences. Saw R&D last night and what a superb cast and interesting story. Highly recommend it and can't wait to see my next one there in a couple of weeks.

I've been to this theatre a few times now - always to downstairs - I've always been impressed by the versatility of the space and the capability of the fantastic actors.

I loved to be there for the play "Gloria". I enjoyed every minute of it, all actors were brilliant, but above all, I must say that Colin Morgan was supreme. The plot is interesting and full of surprises. Its funny but also dramatic. Great atmosphere. I had to buy 3 tickets and I watched it three times. Simply amazing. I'm gonna miss it when I'll be back to Rome.

First time at Hampstead theatre yesterday, seeing Sex with strangers, with 3 girls friends. Great experience at the theatre, really nice and cozy. We loved it and will be back for sure.

The show was great, Theo James incredible and the time just flew by.

Fantastic theatre, polite staff, and a superb show

I and you .

Well done Maisie and Zac xxx

Beautiful beautiful venue! Lovely theatre, clean! Didn't have to queue for the loos and they were so modern unlike a lot of London Theatres. Great staff, great programme ‚≠źÔłŹ

A lovely warm place. My very first visit on Friday 10th Feb. I was there to listen to a discussion by Julian Fellowes. Thoroughly enjoyed the talk and purchased two books for the book signing.

I will be back.

iHo - Very well acted with an occasional shaky American accent. Some wonderful multiple conversations at one time in extended family arguments. Overall the writer was a little self-indulgent and the play could easily be shorter than it's 3 hours running time without losing any impact.

Well written with humour, sensitivity and superbly acted by a talented cast ! Fantastic !

Travelled from south wales as i wierdly have a list of theatres i want to go to..

Loved the theatre, Cell Mates was excellent with excellent acting performances in a thought provoking play...

BUT

BUT.

Who on gods earth put old performance photos on a BOG door..

What a way for ur performance to be remembered..

Who thought of it and what manager thought hey thats a good idea...

They need mental health help badly...

I really like this theatre. I saw Slaves of Solitude in the upstairs theatre which was interesting and all seats had a great view.

I saw, yesterday, Mother Christmas which I absolutely loved. I watched it downstairs in the very intimate theatre - I really enjoyed it!

Went to see Sex With Strangers on Saturday. Unimpressed. A bland and predictable plot and little chemistry between the cast makes you wonder why they would bother to argue, let alone sleep together.



But I won't try to pin that on the actors, it ultimately falls to the director for miscasting or failing to bring out the performance. Whilst there is little in the plot to work on, there was a distinct lack of tension throughout. The sets were impressively 'real' but let down by poorly nuanced sound effects and bizarre lighting positioning.



That said, it's a good theatre, but my recommendation would be to go and see something else.

This was the fourth theatre performance I have seen Tamsin Grieg - actually the fifth as I could not find someone to take the last ticket for The Little Dog Laughed - but she is brilliant every time. The play kept us talking until late in the night - so good and so sensitively written. Brilliant. My husband wanted to walk out after the first act but was riveted by the second and never regretted staying! Brilliant! thank you mostly to the writer and the cast but also of course th HT for staging this. A huge thank you!

The theatre itself is wonderful. But 'Sex With Strangers' was terrible, I'm very sorry to say. Myself and the two friends I was with, struggled to sit through the 2hours. Direction, story line, dialogue, execution, chemistry, believability, relationship, accents..... really poor and, well, vapid. Plus the actors often had shadows across their faces! Great set design though. Sorry to be so blunt, but there is no way around it. Shame! Otherwise, I normally love HT and it's productions.

This is one if not the best theatres in London and is does some great productions. Filthy Business was an excellent show can't wait for next one.

Super convenient with Swiss Cottage tube 1 minutes walk away. A well stocked bar unless you wanted cider the night I went. Grrrr.

The play was one of the most polished I've ever seen. Great chemistry ,excellent stage presence intriguing storyline riddled with twists and turns. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Saw Sex With Strangers which I loved! It was my first visit to this theatre and I'll definitely be back. It's a great use of space and has a good selection of food and drink. Easily accessible as a few seconds from Swiss Cottage tube.

Recently moved to the neighbourhood and been to this thater a few times. Went to watch Sex With Strangers and loved it! I love everything about this theater, the plays, the snaks, the rooms, the bar... everything!

Lovely intimate theatre conveniently located next to Swiss Cottage Tube. Staff were all very pleasant at what was my first ever visit to see Genesis Inc. Nice front of house bar with additional outdoor seating too.

Love Hampstead Theatre - rarely a bad production. Particularly love "Downstairs" for intense and intimate theatre experiences. Saw R&D last night and what a superb cast and interesting story. Highly recommend it and can't wait to see my next one there in a couple of weeks.

I've been to this theatre a few times now - always to downstairs - I've always been impressed by the versatility of the space and the capability of the fantastic actors.

I loved to be there for the play "Gloria". I enjoyed every minute of it, all actors were brilliant, but above all, I must say that Colin Morgan was supreme. The plot is interesting and full of surprises. Its funny but also dramatic. Great atmosphere. I had to buy 3 tickets and I watched it three times. Simply amazing. I'm gonna miss it when I'll be back to Rome.

First time at Hampstead theatre yesterday, seeing Sex with strangers, with 3 girls friends. Great experience at the theatre, really nice and cozy. We loved it and will be back for sure.

The show was great, Theo James incredible and the time just flew by.

Fantastic theatre, polite staff, and a superb show

I and you .

Well done Maisie and Zac xxx

Beautiful beautiful venue! Lovely theatre, clean! Didn't have to queue for the loos and they were so modern unlike a lot of London Theatres. Great staff, great programme ‚≠źÔłŹ

A lovely warm place. My very first visit on Friday 10th Feb. I was there to listen to a discussion by Julian Fellowes. Thoroughly enjoyed the talk and purchased two books for the book signing.

I will be back.

iHo - Very well acted with an occasional shaky American accent. Some wonderful multiple conversations at one time in extended family arguments. Overall the writer was a little self-indulgent and the play could easily be shorter than it's 3 hours running time without losing any impact.

Well written with humour, sensitivity and superbly acted by a talented cast ! Fantastic !

Travelled from south wales as i wierdly have a list of theatres i want to go to..

Loved the theatre, Cell Mates was excellent with excellent acting performances in a thought provoking play...

BUT

BUT.

Who on gods earth put old performance photos on a BOG door..

What a way for ur performance to be remembered..

Who thought of it and what manager thought hey thats a good idea...

They need mental health help badly...

I really like this theatre. I saw Slaves of Solitude in the upstairs theatre which was interesting and all seats had a great view.

I saw, yesterday, Mother Christmas which I absolutely loved. I watched it downstairs in the very intimate theatre - I really enjoyed it!

Went to see Sex With Strangers on Saturday. Unimpressed. A bland and predictable plot and little chemistry between the cast makes you wonder why they would bother to argue, let alone sleep together.



But I won't try to pin that on the actors, it ultimately falls to the director for miscasting or failing to bring out the performance. Whilst there is little in the plot to work on, there was a distinct lack of tension throughout. The sets were impressively 'real' but let down by poorly nuanced sound effects and bizarre lighting positioning.



That said, it's a good theatre, but my recommendation would be to go and see something else.

This was the fourth theatre performance I have seen Tamsin Grieg - actually the fifth as I could not find someone to take the last ticket for The Little Dog Laughed - but she is brilliant every time. The play kept us talking until late in the night - so good and so sensitively written. Brilliant. My husband wanted to walk out after the first act but was riveted by the second and never regretted staying! Brilliant! thank you mostly to the writer and the cast but also of course th HT for staging this. A huge thank you!

The theatre itself is wonderful. But 'Sex With Strangers' was terrible, I'm very sorry to say. Myself and the two friends I was with, struggled to sit through the 2hours. Direction, story line, dialogue, execution, chemistry, believability, relationship, accents..... really poor and, well, vapid. Plus the actors often had shadows across their faces! Great set design though. Sorry to be so blunt, but there is no way around it. Shame! Otherwise, I normally love HT and it's productions.