“When I got your email my heart went out to you. All of a sudden it dawned on me how I had missed you – how I had missed what we’d had.”

★★★★ ‘gripping’ The Guardian
★★★★ ‘a shrewd, sharp and silky piece’ Financial Times
★★★★★ ‘intriguing’ The Arts Desk
★★★★ ‘full of humour’ BroadwayWorld
★★★★★ ‘Simply a defining tale for our time’ Morning Star
★★★★ ‘One of those rare plays that one wishes was longer than its sixty-minute running time’ LondonTheatre1

Nearly two years after the end of their affair, John and Aga meet once more.  Each has filled the void left by the other: he has withdrawn into his world of wealth and privilege; she has found herself working as a chambermaid to support her family.  Both recognise that the spark between them is still there.  Will they rekindle what they had, or is an altogether darker game about to be played out…?

Magdalena Miecznicka’s lyrical human comedy is by turns seductive, enigmatic and explosive. The author of several novels in Polish, Miecznicka is also a journalist and literary critic.  Now based in London, Nineteen Gardens is her first play in English.

Alice Hamilton is Hampstead Theatre’s Associate Director.  Her credits include the Downstairs productions of Every Day I Make Greatness Happen and Paradise, and The Dumb Waiter and The Memory of Water on Hampstead’s Main Stage.