Posted on 16 December 2021

HAM & HIGH SPEAKS TO FOLK WRITER NELL LEYSHON

Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs

"My imagination is based in Somerset and seeing a stonebreaker from my village was a lightbulb moment.

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Posted on 1 December 2021

Times Radio interviews Folk writer Nell Leyshon

Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs

On Tuesday 30 October, Folk writer Nell Leyshon spoke to Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio about her beautiful new play with songs.

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Posted on 10 November 2021

iNews: Adapting little scratch for the stage

Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs

Gwen Smith of iNews speaks to little scratch author Rebecca Watson, adaptor for the stage Miriam Battye and director Katie Mitchell about bring this radical work to the stage.

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Posted on 2 November 2021

Financial Times: ‘It’s inside someone’s brain’ — little scratch at Hampstead Theatre

Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs

Sarah Hemming of Financial Times speaks to the team bringing little scratch to life Downstairs - novelist Rebecca Watson, adapter for the stage Miriam Battye and director Katie Mitchell.

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Posted on 29 September 2021

HAMPSTEAD THEATRE ANNOUNCES THE WORLD PREMIERES OF LITTLE SCRATCH, BY REBECCA WATSON, IN AN ADAPTATION BY MIRIAM BATTYE, DIRECTED BY KATIE MITCHELL, AND NELL LEYSHON’S FOLK DIRECTED BY ROXANA SILBERT

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Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce the remaining two world premieres for its Downstairs space in 2021.

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Posted on 11 August 2021

CAST ANNOUNCED FOR MALINDADZIMU

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Shyko Amos, Kudzai Mangombe, Sifiso Mazibuko, Tendai Humphrey Sitima and Natasha Williams will star in Mufaro Makubika’s new play Malindadzimu, directed by Monique Touko.

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Posted on 10 August 2021

Big Big Sky: Reviews Round-up

Posted in: Hampstead Downstairs

See what reviewers have been saying about Tom Wells' 'poignant, uplifting play' Big Big Sky...

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Posted on 22 July 2021

THE MEMORY OF WATER AND MALINDADZIMU ANNOUNCED

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Hampstead Theatre announces two new shows for Autumn 2021: Shelagh Stephenson's The Memory of Water, directed by Alice Hamilton, on the Main Stage and the World Premiere of Malindadzimu, directed by Monique Touko, Downstairs.

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Posted on 13 May 2021

BIG BIG SKY CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

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Acclaimed actors, Jennifer Daley, Matt Sutton, Sam Newton and Jessica Jolleys will star in Tom Wells' Big Big Sky, directed by Hampstead's new Associate Director Tessa Walker.

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Posted on 16 March 2021

RAYA CASTING NEWS

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Acclaimed stage and screen actors Claire Price, Bo Poraj and Shannon Hayes will star in the world premiere of Raya by Deborah Bruce, directed by Hampstead's Artistic Director Roxana Silbert for Hampstead Downstairs.

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KEEPING YOU SAFE AT HAMPSTEAD

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