Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei : ★★★★ from The Times

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Dominic Maxwell, The Times

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Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei : ★★★★ from Time Out

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out

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Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei : ★★★★ from The Guardian

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Michael Billington, The Guardian

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Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei : ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage.com

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage.com

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Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: ★★★★ from Metro

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Robert Shore, Metro

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Posted on 18 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: ★★★★ from The Telegraph

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

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Posted on 17 April 2013

The Independent: Howard Brenton interview

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Sowing the seeds of change?

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Posted on 16 April 2013

A Cup of Tea With... Say It With Flowers actor Laura Harling

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We chat to Say It With Flowers actor Laura Harling over a cup of tea about Katie Mitchell, learning impossible lines and swimming in the Serpentine.

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Posted on 16 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: Production photos

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Taken by Stephen Cummisky

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Posted on 11 April 2013

David Mamet: A career in pictures

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Pulitzer Prize winner, and writer of RACE coming to Hampstead June 2013, David Mamet has contributed an incredible amount to the industry over the last 40 years, including plays, screen adaptations and novels.

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Posted on 11 April 2013

The Evening Standard: 'A thorn in the side of Beijing'

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Ai Weiwei play to go global on web… but risks block by China By Louise Jury, The Evening Standard

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Posted on 10 April 2013

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei to be live-streamed across the world

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The performance of #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei on Friday 19 April will be live-streamed over the Internet worldwide and free.

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Posted on 8 April 2013

Edward Hall introduces #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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In June last year Barnaby Martin wrote to Greg and me with his extraordinary story of the time he had spent with Ai Weiwei.

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Posted on 8 April 2013

Say It With Flowers: Production photos

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Photos taken by Robert Day

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Posted on 5 April 2013

Weiwei-isms: A selection of quotations from Ai

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They all ask: Why?

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Posted on 5 April 2013

Ai Weiwei: His Art in pictures

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From Beijing’s Olympic Stadium, the ‘Bird’s Nest’, to millions of ceramic Sunflower Seeds in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Ai Weiwei’s Art is incredibly powerful and poignant.

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Posted on 2 April 2013

Howard Brenton: My play is dangerous for Ai Weiwei

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Howard Brenton: My play is dangerous for Ai WeiweiThe Telegraph published 3 April By Tom Wicker

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Posted on 2 April 2013

Ai Weiwei discusses Brenton's new play with The Sunday Times

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‘We are here to let people know what a bad man you are’The Sunday Times published 31 March By Leo Lewis

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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

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 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 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 WhatsOnStage

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Longing review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage

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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 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 6 March 2013

Hello/Goodbye: Production photos

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Taken by Jamie Sadd.

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