In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week two
On Michael: Second Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director
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PART ONE: An interview with the Producer
An Interview with Greg Ripley-Duggan, Executive Producer, Hampstead Theatre PART ONE
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In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week one
The Stuff of Tragedy: First Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director
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Q&A with Good People's Angel Coulby
Official London Theatre’s Charlotte Marshall interviews Good People’s Angel Coulby
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Sunny Afternoon Director announces exciting new staging plans
Edward Hall has announced his plans to transform the Hampstead Theatre stage into a thrust layout for the highly anticipated Sunny Afternoon.
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The FT interview with Imelda Staunton
The Financial Times Interview with Imelda StauntonBy Sarah Hemming
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Video: The Mystae Behind the Scenes Trailer
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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Video: A backstage tour of The Mystae with Edward Hall
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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Building The Mystae: An interview with Designer Georgia Lowe
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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Getting To Know You: Jess Woodward, Head of Marketing
We find out what a day in the life of Jess Woodward, Hampstead’s Head of Marketing, looks like, from Press Nights and photo shoots to live-streaming and falling off her chair.
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Edward Hall speaks to The Guardian about Simon Gray plays
Hampstead Theatre to stage Gray’s hit with three unperformed plays exploring different outcomes for Japes characters
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Lyn Gardner: Simon Gray Obituary
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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A Cup of Tea With... The Blackest Black's Charity Wakefield
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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An exclusive interview with Rapture, Blister, Burn Director Peter DuBois
Interview with Peter DuBois, director of Rapture, Blister, Burn: A unique perspective on working with acclaimed playwright, Gina Gionfriddo
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The Sunday Times: Emilia Fox interview
Photo: Francesco Guidicini
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Video: An interview with The Blackest Black writer Jeremy Brock
‘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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Edward Hall introduces Rapture, Blister, Burn
Having finally said goodbye to the extraordinary sell-out success that was Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line, I am happy to start the New Year at Hampstead with another wonderful new play by a brilliant writer.
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Will Mortimer interviews Gina Gionfriddo
Will Mortimer, Hampstead Theatre’s Literary Manager talks to Rapture, Blister, Burn’s author Gina Gionfriddo
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Live webchat with Howard Brenton - get involved
Howard Brenton, writer of the critically acclaimed Drawing the Line will be taking part in a live webchat with The Guardian following the live-streaming of Drawing the Line at 1pm on Tuesday 14 January.
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An interview with The Blackest Black writer Jeremy Brock
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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Harper's Bazaar: Emilia Fox interview
Focusing on the changing roles of women in society, Rapture, Blister, Burn sees three generations of women coming together to talk about their own life choices – from the academic rock star who chose work over love, to the dedicated mother who missed out on having a career.
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The Guardian: Tracy-Ann Oberman's Dressing Room
Interview by Matt Trueman in The Guardian.
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Edward Hall introduces Drawing the Line
This production is the second of the historical dramas that we have commissioned from Howard Brenton: the first, 55 Days, was one of the theatrical events of 2012.
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Exclusive interview with Howard Davies
Howard Davies discusses Drawing the Line, his theatre career and his most meaningful award with Hampstead’s online features Editor, Susie Benson.
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A Cup of Tea with... Godchild's Chook Sibtain
We chat to Chook Sibtain over a cup of tea about embarrassing moments, Michael Attenborough and being a grown up.
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Video: The cast introduce Drawing the Line
Cast members Paul Bazely (Jinnah), Tom Beard (Cyril Radcliffe), Lucy Black (Lady Mountbatten), Silas Carson (Nehru), Tanveer Ghani (Gandhi) and Andrew Havill (Lord Mountbatten) discuss their characters and Howard Brenton’s new play Drawing The Line.
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Video: Edward Hall introduces Spring Season
Hampstead Theatre’s Artistic Director, Edward Hall, introduces the 2014 Spring Season.
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Fault Lines: A writer's introduction
We chat to writer Ali Taylor, who makes his Hampstead Theatre debut with Fault Lines, about inspiration, Joe Orton and bad gags.
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Ham & High: Michael Attenborough interview
Ham & High’s Sam Warner interviews Godchild Director Michael Attenborough and Hampstead’s Artistic Director Edward Hall.
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Ham & High: Robert Webb interview
Comedian tells Alex Bellotti about his role in Hampstead Theatre’s Raving and why he still sees a future for Peep Show
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Edward Hall introduces Raving
I vividly recall reading Simon Paisley Day’s lively first play, Spike which I thought a really exciting debut.
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YOUR interview with Raving's Robert Webb
We gave our online followers the opportunity to ask Robert Webb any questions they wanted – and the tweets came in thick and fast!
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A Cup of Tea with... Godchild's Tracy-Ann Oberman
We chat to Tracy-Ann Oberman, who returns to Hampstead after a sell-out run in Old Money on the Main Stage earlier this year, about Hysteria, Mary Beard and being a grown up.
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'I’m going to write and I’m going to act' - interview with Simon Paisley Day
Hampstead Theatre’s Features Editor, Susie Benson, talks to Raving Writer Simon Paisley Day about new writing, acting and and sheer bloody-mindedness…
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