Simon Williams and William Troughton speak to BBC The Radio 2 Arts Show's Anneka Rice about their roles in The Ashes at Hampstead Theatre - taking place at 7pm and 8.45pm on Saturday 17 February as part of The Festival at Hampstead Theatre.

A cricket pitch. A selection of scripts. The Ashes. England and Australia’s legendary sporting rivalry spills into the theatre, with specially commissioned short plays from the hottest playwrights staged as a head-to-head competition to determine which country’s writing will emerge triumphant. It’s sure to bowl you over. Who will win? You decide.   

Writers: Brendan Cowell, Kathy Lette, Georgia Keighery, Tanika Gupta, Greg Mosse, Simon Williams and Carly Hallman

Actors: Callie Cooke, Isabella Laughland, Vince Leigh, Pamela Miles, William Troughton and Callum Woodhouse

Umpires: Nicholas Parsons and Roy Williams

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