The Empty Quarter: Production photos
Taken by Robert Day
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The Empty Quarter: In rehearsals
Photos taken by Becky Paris
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The Empty Quarter: Full casting announced
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce full casting for The Empty Quarter, Alexandra Wood’s Downstairs debut, directed by Anna Ledwich.
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The Empty Quarter: An interview with writer Alexandra Wood
We chat to Alexandra Wood about her Hampstead debut, the inspiration behind her new play The Empty Quarter and her playwriting heroes.
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Video: Will Mortimer introduces Downstairs Autumn Season
Hampstead Theatre’s Literary Manager, Will Mortimer, introduces the 2013 Downstairs Autumn Season.
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Hampstead Downstairs Autumn Season 2013 announced
– 3 new plays by 3 new Downstairs writers– Michael Attenborough returns to Hampstead and directs Downstairs for the first time– Tracy-Ann Oberman returns to Hampstead and makes her acting Downstairs debut– Anna Ledwich and Lisa Spirling return to direct following their Downstairs hits last year
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Video: Responsible Other cast interviews
Alice Sykes (Daisy) and Candassaie Liburd (Alice) talk about Responsible Other
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Responsible Other: Production Photos
Photos taken by Richard Lakos
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Responsible Other: Assistant Director's Rehearsal Diary - Week Three
Responsible Other’s Assistant Director, Simon Ryninks, gives an insight into the second week of rehearsals including scripts, forgetting lines and appearing in The Telegraph.
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'I don't like the audience to get too comfortable' The South African interviews Jonathan Munby
“I don’t like an audience to get too comfortable”: Director Jonathan Munby
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Responsible Other: Assistant Director's Rehearsal Diary - Week Two
Responsible Other’s Assistant Director, Simon Ryninks, gives an insight into the second week of rehearsals including staging and learning more about Lupus.
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Evening Standard: Responsible Other
Mrs Lineker: Modelling helped me overcome my hair loss trauma By Miranda Bryant, Evening Standard
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A Cup of Tea with... A Human Being Died That Night actor Noma Dumezweni
We chat to actor Noma Dumezweni about her favourite London haunts, researching for her role and meeting Al Pacino. Noma is playing Pumla in A Human Being Died That Night which runs Downstairs until 15 June 2013.
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Hampstead Downstairs: Tomorrow's Theatre Today
‘The Theatre Downstairs at Hampstead is one of the most exciting interventions into the new writing theatrical landscape in London for the past five years’ says Simon Stephens, writer of Punk Rock and On the Shore of the Wide World.
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Responsible Other: Assistant Director's Rehearsal Diary - Week One
Responsible Other’s Assistant Director, Simon Ryninks, gives an insight into the first week of rehearsals including social media lessons and filming a trailer.
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A Cup of Tea With... A Human Being Died That Night actor Matthew Marsh
We chat to actor Matthew Marsh about returning to Hampstead, playing a notorious character and embarrassing moments on stage.
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A Human Being Died That Night: What the audience thinks
‘A human being died that night.
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Responsible Other: Who are Made By Brick?
Watch Made By Brick’s film to find out a little more about Who they are and Melanie Spencer’s new play Responsible Other which they will be bringing to Hampstead Downstairs 20 June – 20 July.
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Responsible Other: An introduction
We chat to writer and director of Responsible Other, Melanie Spencer, about her inspirations, writing her debut play and having a soft spot for black humour.
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A Human Being Died That Night: WIN
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED
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A Human Being Died That Night: Production photos
Taken by Robert Day
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A Human Being Died That Night: A writer's introduction
How does it feel to be returning to Hampstead Theatre?
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Say It With Flowers: What the audience thinks
‘It may frequently bamboozle me but i bloody love how Katie Mitchell’s mind works – Say it with Flowers Hamps_Theatre is just remarkable’ @OughtToBeClowns
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A Cup of Tea with... Say It With Flowers actor Sean Jackson
We chat to actor Sean Jackson about Katie Mitchell’s ‘process’, inspirations and alternative career options.
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A Cup of Tea With... Say It With Flowers actor Laura Harling
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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Say It With Flowers: Production photos
Photos taken by Robert Day
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BBC Radio 4: Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?
Directed by Katie Mitchell, Say It With Flowers explores a number of Gertrude Stein’s work.
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Say It With Flowers: A history of Gertrude Stein
Say It With Flowers brings together a number of American modernist Gertrude Stein’s extraordinary work.
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A Human Being Died That Night: Eugene de Kock
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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New Downstairs season now on sale
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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Hello/Goodbye: What the audience thinks
‘Another incredible show #HelloGoodbye Downstairs Hamps_Theatre which seems impossible to disappoint at the moment.
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A Cup of Tea with... Hello/Goodbye's Andy Rush
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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