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24 September 2026
KIMBERLY AKIMBO OFFICIAL TRAILER
Your first glimpse at this "astonishing" (WhatsOnStage) new musical -
- audience reacts
11 September 2026
Audiences React to Kimberly Akimbo
"Unlike anything I've ever seen" Hear what audiences had to say about the Kimberly Akimbo. -
- interviews
5 August 2026
Song Association with Kimberly Akimbo's Maria Friedman
Hello and nice to meet you - it's Kimberly Levaco! -
- interviews
10 July 2026
A Career In Anagrams with Maria Friedman
From Sunday in the Park with George to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Maria Friedman's career has been full of iconic roles. We tasked her with unscrambling anagrams of shows from across her career. -
- interviews
30 June 2026
Kimberly Akimbo Plot In 60 Seconds With Maria Friedman
Get to know Kimberly Akimbo! Watch Maria Friedman, our very own Kimberly, give us a summary in 60 seconds ⏱️ -
- Trailer
16 June 2026
We Had A World Trailer
Hear from Josh Seymour (Director), Anna Francolini (Ellen), Ryan Kopel (Joshua) and Suzanne Bertish (Renee) who direct and star in the UK Premiere of Joshua Harmon's We Had A World, now playing Downstairs until 4 July. -
- Behind the scenes
- Trailer
10 June 2026
Springwood Rehearsal Trailer
Go behind the scenes of Springwood, a brand-new play by Richard Nelson, starring Robert Lindsay (Prism; My Family) as President Roosevelt and Jemma Redgrave (Octopolis; Silent Witness) as his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt. -
- audience reacts
19 May 2026
Audiences react to Stage Kiss
Don't miss Sarah Ruhl's 'very entertaining' (Time Out) Stage Kiss, directed by Blanche McIntyre and starring MyAnna Buring and Patrick Kennedy which is playing on the Main Stage until 13 June. -
- audience reacts
29 April 2026
Audiences React to Firewing
Don't miss Firewing, David Pearson's debut play "filled with keen, tender and funny writing" (The Guardian), which is now playing Downstairs until 23 May. -
- audience reacts
19 March 2026
Audiences React to R.O.I. (Return On Investment)
Both critics and audiences alike are loving Aaron Loeb's R.O.I. (Return on Investment), which plays Downstairs until 11 April. -
- Behind the scenes
9 March 2026
Behind the Scenes: Copenhagen Photoshoot
Go behind the scenes with the company of Copenhagen. Alex Kingston, Damien Molony and Richard Schiff star in this brand-new production, directed by Michael Longhurst, which plays on the Main Stage 27 March - 2 May. -
- audience reacts
3 March 2026
Audiences React to Bird Grove
Hear what Twiggy, Ian and Victoria Hislop, Stephen Mangan, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Alison Steadman and more had to say Bird Grove, which plays on the Main Stage until 21 March. -
- Behind the scenes
22 January 2026
Behind the Scenes: Bird Grove Photoshoot
Take a look behind the scenes of the Bird Grove photoshoot with Andor's Elizabeth Dulau and Game of Thrones' Owen Teale. -
- audience reacts
12 January 2026
A Ghost in Your Ear Audience Reactions
A Ghost in Your Ear is now playing Downstairs! -
- Trailer
18 December 2025
A Ghost in your Ear Trailer
Now extended to 31 January 2026, Jamie Armitage's A Ghost in your Ear plays at Hampstead Downstairs. -
- Projects
9 December 2025
Hampstead Theatre's ENGAGE Programme
Hampstead Theatre is proud to champion playwrights at all stages of their writing journey. -
- interviews
28 November 2025
Multi-award-winning musical Kimberly Akimbo is coming to London, from August 2026!
David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori's 5-time Tony Award-Winning musical Kimberly Akimbo makes its much anticipated European premiere in a brand new production directed by Michael Longhurst. Kimberly Akimbo runs on the Main Stage from 28 August to 7 November. -
- Trailer
19 November 2025
Fatherland Trailer
Nancy Farino's debut play Fatherland is now playing Downstairs until 29 November. With limited availability across the rest of the run, book now to avoid disappointment! -
- interviews
18 November 2025
Jamie Armitage on A Ghost In Your Ear
Jamie Armitage talks about the use of binaural sound technology in his chilling new play, A Ghost In Your Ear, which plays Downstairs from 6 December to 24 January. -
- Behind the scenes
5 November 2025
Behind the scenes: Indian Ink Photoshoot
Take a look behind the scenes of the Indian Ink photoshoot with Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Felicity Kendal, and Gavi Singh Chera. The first major revival of Tom Stoppard's evocative meditation on art and love opens 3 December. -
- Trailer
1 October 2025
The Billionaire Inside Your Head Trailer
"There’s a very rich man inside you, Richie. Inside that crazy head of yours. A good man. An ambitious man. A man who knows exactly what it is he’s going to do when he wakes up every morning, and a man who does exactly that" -
- Behind the scenes
30 September 2025
Behind the scenes: The Assembled Parties Photoshoot
Jennifer Westfeldt and Tracy-Ann Oberman star in this New York Times Critic’s Pick, making its London premiere. -
- Trailer
3 July 2025
Titus Andronicus Trailer
After a smash-hit run at the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan Theatre, Titus Andronicus transfers to Hampstead Theatre for a strictly limited London run from 5 September to 11 October. -
- audience reacts
26 June 2025
Audiences React to Showmanism
Following its critical acclaim, hear what Ian McKellen, Fiona Shaw, Alfred Enoch, Tracy-Ann Oberman and many more have to say about Showmanism, which has just extended on the Main Stage until 19 July. -
- audience reacts
6 June 2025
Letters from Max Audience Reactions
Letters from Max is now playing Downstairs until 28 June 2025! -
- interviews
23 May 2025
Ian Mckellen with Dickie Beau on Showmanism
Ian McKellen talks to Dickie Beau about his upcoming show, Showmanism, playing at Hampstead Theatre from 18 June to 12 July 2025. -
- interviews
2 May 2025
Nathan Lane on Showmanism
"The bottom line is he's an extraordinary artist, and a brilliant actor, and every time he steps on a stage something amazing happens" -
- interviews
1 May 2025
Personal Values Trailer
Personal Values now playing Downstairs until 17 May 2025! -
- Trailer
1 May 2025
House of Games Trailer
In a web of gambling, love and lies, who will be left holding the trump card? -
25 February 2025
Audiences react to East is South
"What if this? God didn't create the universe. It's the universe's project to create God" -
- Trailer
25 February 2025
The Habits Trailer
It’s Thursday night — so Jess, Maryn and Milo are at the board game café, continuing their quest to defeat the Nightmare King… It has been months, but now all that stands between them and victory is a few lucky rolls of a twenty-sided dice. A struggling student, an overworked trainee solicitor and a reluctant job-seeker, here they are transformed into Dungeon Master, Wizard, and Warrior Princess. But what happens when the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur? -
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25 February 2025
Apex Predator Trailer
Laura Whitmore and Sophie Melville star in John Donnelly’s genre-busting new play that is at once a sophisticated critique of the way we live now and a supernatural thriller. -
20 January 2025
East is South Trailer
East is South, a tense thriller from Beau Willimon, the creator, writer and producer of Netflix's House of Cards, opens on the Main Stage 7 February. -
- Trailer
29 November 2024
King James Trailer
King James now playing Downstairs until 4 January 2025! -
- Trailer
4 November 2024
The Invention of Love Trailer
Winner of eight Evening Standard, three Olivier and five Tony Awards, Tom Stoppard returns to Hampstead with The Invention of Love, which opens on the Main Stage 4 December. -
- audience reacts
29 October 2024
Audiences react to Reykjavik
"‘For Those in Peril on the Sea’ makes dying at sea sound like something noble, patriotic. Whereas their husband, son or father has died for one half of a fish and chip supper…" -
- Trailer
11 September 2024
Bellringers Trailer
Hailed by the Evening Standard as 'one of the best Edinburgh Fringe 2024 shows coming to London this year', Daisy Hall's moving debut play Bellringers runs at Hampstead Downstairs from 27 September to 2 November. -
- Trailer
30 August 2024
The Lightest Element Trailer
"Nothing compares with being the first person in the history of the world to see something, but timing is everything. The world has to be ready for you." -
- Trailer
12 June 2024
The Harmony Test Trailer
"He says, if we really wanna conceive now, he’s got a little something he can sell me under the counter at a very reasonable price. It will not fail!" -
- audience reacts
15 May 2024
Audiences react to Between Riverside and Crazy
Since his wife died, ex-cop Walter ‘Pops’ Washington has filled his palatial rent-controlled apartment in one of Manhattan’s most desirable areas with an oddball extended family of petty criminals. So now he’s besieged by the landlords, who want him out, the NYPD, who want him to settle his lawsuit against them, and the ladies from the local church, who want to save his soul… But Pops, calm at the eye of the storm, is going to do precisely what Pops wants to do… -
- Trailer
16 April 2024
Between Riverside and Crazy Trailer
Since his wife died, ex-cop Walter ‘Pops’ Washington has filled his palatial rent-controlled apartment in one of Manhattan’s most desirable areas with an oddball extended family of petty criminals. So now he’s besieged by the landlords, who want him out, the NYPD, who want him to settle his lawsuit against them, and the ladies from the local church, who want to save his soul… But Pops, calm at the eye of the storm, is going to do precisely what Pops wants to do… -
- audience reacts
22 February 2024
Audiences react to Double Feature
"You want a co-star; someone to make you feel young and alive and handsome all the way until the credits roll. And what if this is your very last chance to finally get your blonde?" -
- Behind the scenes
12 February 2024
Behind the scenes: The Divine Mrs S Photoshoot
Drury Lane, 1800. Mrs Sarah Siddons, universally acclaimed as the greatest actress of all time, holds complete sway over public and critics alike. But she is herself subject to direction from the men in her life - her bone-headed brother who runs the theatre and chooses her roles, and her faithless husband who signs her contracts and collects her fees. Siddons decides it’s time become the leading lady of her own life, harnessing her star power as the world’s first female celebrity and taking control of her own destiny – but she reckons without the absurdly comic plot-twists of a life on the stage… -
9 February 2024
Out Of Season - The Frampton Sound Experiment
Neil D'Souza's hilarious new play Out of Season, directed by Alice Hamilton opens 16th February. -
- Behind the scenes
19 January 2024
Double Feature: In Rehearsals
"You want a co-star; someone to make you feel young and alive and handsome all the way until the credits roll. And what if this is your very last chance to finally get your blonde?" -
- audience reacts
21 December 2023
This Much I Know: Audience Reaction
"I’ll be gone for a while. Possibly forever. It’s nothing you did." -
- interviews
8 December 2023
Jonathan Spector and Chelsea Walker - This Much I Know interview
"I’ll be gone for a while. Possibly forever. It’s nothing you did." -
- Projects
22 November 2023
Support #HampsteadAhead
For over 60 years, Hampstead has been at the forefront of British Theatre, nurturing playwrights and producing outstanding new work. -
- interviews
12 September 2023
Lauren Gunderson interviews AI expert Kat Zdan
Multi award-winning Lauren Gunderson's new AI thriller anthropology runs at Hampstead Theatre until 14 October!
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