Posted on 28 March 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei in rehearsals

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On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport.

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Posted on 26 March 2013

Rupert Everett and Scott Ambler shortlisted for an Olivier Award

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Rupert Everett and Scott Ambler have both been shortlisted for an Olivier Award next month.

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Posted on 21 March 2013

Say It With Flowers: In rehearsals

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Posted on 15 March 2013

Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter

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Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter (Never Sorry, 2012)

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Posted on 15 March 2013

BBC Radio 4: Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?

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Directed by Katie Mitchell, Say It With Flowers explores a number of Gertrude Stein’s work.

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Posted on 14 March 2013

New Downstairs season now on sale

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Hampstead Downstairs / The Peter Wolff Trust are delighted to announce two new plays; Say It With Flowers by award-winning theatre maker Katie Mitchell and A Human Being Died That Night by the acclaimed playwright Nicholas Wright.

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Posted on 14 March 2013

Say It With Flowers: A history of Gertrude Stein

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Say It With Flowers brings together a number of American modernist Gertrude Stein’s extraordinary work.

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Posted on 14 March 2013

A Human Being Died That Night: Eugene de Kock

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Based on Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s interviews with Eugene de Kock, A Human Being Died That Night explores how a fundamentally moral person can become a mass murderer.

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Posted on 11 March 2013

Hello/Goodbye: What the audience thinks

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‘Another incredible show #HelloGoodbye Downstairs Hamps_Theatre which seems impossible to disappoint at the moment.

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Posted on 11 March 2013

Longing: Press Night photos

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Thursday night (7 March) was Press Night at Hampstead Theatre for Longing.

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Posted on 8 March 2013

Longing: ★★★★ from The Telegraph

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Longing review By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

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Posted on 8 March 2013

Longing: ★★★★ from The Guardian

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Longing review By Michael Billington, The Guardian

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Posted on 8 March 2013

Longing: ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage

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Longing review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage

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Posted on 6 March 2013

Hello/Goodbye: Production photos

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Taken by Jamie Sadd.

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Posted on 6 March 2013

A Cup of Tea with... Hello/Goodbye's Andy Rush

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We caught up with Andy Rush between rehearsals before the show opened to talk about Charlie Chaplin, juggling and letting out his ‘inner geek’.

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Posted on 4 March 2013

The Independent: William Boyd interview

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The celebrated author, set to publish a 007 novel in September, feels ‘like a new boy on his first day at school’ as his theatrical debut, based on short stories by Anton Chekhov, is staged in London – by Matilda Battersby in The Independent

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Posted on 4 March 2013

Longing: Production photos

Taken by Manuel Harlan.

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Posted on 4 March 2013

Propeller: Video trailers

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Not familar with Propeller?

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Posted on 4 March 2013

'Never an ensemble to do anything by halves': Propeller are BACK

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‘Propeller is all about how we approach a show, how we treat our audience, how we bring life to the words and stories we put across, how the camaraderie of the company spreads to the people who are watching…’ Edward Hall, Artistic Director of Propeller and Hampstead Theatre

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Posted on 1 March 2013

Casting announced for #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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A Hampstead Theatre Production/World Premiere

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