Posted on 26 March 2014

Evening Standard: Edward Hall interview

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How artistic director Edward Hall saved Hampstead Theatre

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Posted on 24 March 2014

In The Vale Of Health: Production photos

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Taken by Manuel Harlan

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Posted on 21 March 2014

Ham & High interview Tamara Harvey

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Ham & High’s Bridget Galton interviews Director Tamara Harvey about taking on the ‘mammoth’ In The Vale Of Health cycle

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Posted on 17 March 2014

In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week two

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On Michael: Second Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

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Posted on 14 March 2014

PART ONE: An interview with the Producer

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An Interview with Greg Ripley-Duggan, Executive Producer, Hampstead Theatre PART ONE

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Posted on 10 March 2014

In The Vale Of Health: In rehearsals

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Taken by Manuel Harlan

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Posted on 7 March 2014

In The Vale Of Health: Casting announcement

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Four plays based on the same characters, in the same situation but all telling a different story with opposite conclusions…

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Posted on 7 March 2014

In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week one

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The Stuff of Tragedy: First Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

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Posted on 4 March 2014

A Human Being Died That Night returns to Hampstead Downstairs

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Eric Abraham presents a Fugard Theatre production of A HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT A play by Nicholas Wright Based on the book by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela

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Posted on 26 February 2014

The Mystae: What the audience thinks

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‘Wow!

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Posted on 20 February 2014

Video: A backstage tour of The Mystae with Edward Hall

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Hampstead Theatre’s Artistic Director, Edward Hall, takes a tour of The Mystae cave, meets the cast in their dressing room and even takes a dip in the ‘sea’….

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Posted on 20 February 2014

Video: The Mystae Behind the Scenes Trailer

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Director Tim Carroll, Designer Georgia Lowe and cast members Adam Buchanan, Alex Griffin-Griffiths and Beatrice Scirocchi give an exclusive insight into The Mystae’s incredible cave – the most ambitious set Downstairs has ever seen.

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Posted on 17 February 2014

The Mystae: Production photos

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Taken by Robert Day

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Posted on 10 February 2014

Building The Mystae: An interview with Designer Georgia Lowe

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Georgia Lowe speaks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson, about designing the most ambitious (and wettest) set Hampstead Downstairs has ever seen

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Posted on 5 February 2014

Edward Hall speaks to The Guardian about Simon Gray plays

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Hampstead Theatre to stage Gray’s hit with three unperformed plays exploring different outcomes for Japes characters

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Posted on 4 February 2014

4 plays by Simon Gray now on sale - see 3 for £20

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Hampstead Downstairs present

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Posted on 3 February 2014

Simon Gray: A career in pictures

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Playwright Simon Gray had many West End hits, including Butley (1971), Otherwise Engaged (1975), Quartermaine’s Terms, (1981), Melon (1987), The Common Pursuit (first produced in 1984 and revived in 1988), Hidden Laughter (1990), The Late Middle Classes (1999), Japes (2000), The Holy Terror (2004) and, on the radio earlier this year, Missing Dates, a sequel to Japes.

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Posted on 3 February 2014

Lyn Gardner: Simon Gray Obituary

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Simon Gray: Playwright, diarist and novelist bridged the gulf between intellectual and popular dramaBy Lyn Gardner Written for The Guardian in 2008

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Posted on 31 January 2014

The Mystae: In rehearsals

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Posted on 23 January 2014

Full cast anounced for The Mystae

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We are delighted to announce the that the cast of Nick Whitby’s The Mystae will be Adam Buchanan, Alex Griffin-Griffiths and Beatrice Scirocchi.

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Posted on 21 January 2014

A Cup of Tea With... The Blackest Black's Charity Wakefield

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Multi-talented stage and screen actress Charity Wakefield’s impressive acting CV includes an appearance at the National Theatre (The Cherry Orchard, 2011) and roles in the BBC’s Sense and Sensibility (2008) and the 2012 re-imagining of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane.

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Posted on 10 January 2014

The Blackest Black: Production photos

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Taken by Robert Day

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Posted on 10 January 2014

Video: An interview with The Blackest Black writer Jeremy Brock

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‘In theatre your lines are learnt by the actors and spoken by the actors and, this may sound odd, but in film that’s not always so.

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Posted on 1 January 2014

An interview with The Blackest Black writer Jeremy Brock

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Writer Jeremy Brock discusses his new play The Blackest Black, returning to theatre after 20 years and having fish and chips with Judi Dench with Hampstead’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson.

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