HAMPSTEAD DOWNSTAIRS/THE PETER WOLFF TRUST PRESENT

Fault Lines

By ALI TAYLOR
Directed by LISA SPIRLING

Running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes

£5 - £12 (See ticket information)

Christmas is actually a very good time to have a disaster. It’s the season of goodwill…

Downstairs

5 Dec 2013 - 4 Jan 2014
£5 - £12

Box Office: 020 7722 9301

Details

7.32am. Christmas Eve.

Disasters Relief’s staff parties are legendary – but their aftermath cataclysmic. Nick and Abi wake amidst the carnage to breaking news: a massive earthquake has struck Pakistan.

Gathering their clothes – and dignity – the race with rivals Oxfam begins. Who can be the first to dispatch branded aid in full view of the world media? And how far are they willing to go? With the appalling spectre of last night’s antics hanging over everything, the day rapidly spirals into a dizzying web of secrets and lies.

Ali Taylor’s razor sharp new comedy exposes the dilemmas of working in charity today and asks whether doing good is always the same as being good. He makes his Hampstead debut after winning the Meyer Whitworth Award in 2008 for his first playCotton Wool (Theatre503). Previous credits include Overspill (Soho Theatre) and Sticks and Stones (Polka Theatre).

Lisa Spirling returns to Hampstead Downstairs following I Know How I Feel About Eveearlier this year and reunites with Ali Taylor after directing Cotton Wool. Previous credits include Michael Frayn’s Here (Rose Theatre, Kingston) and Hundreds & Thousands(Soho Theatre).

Olivier Award-winner Nichola McAuliffe many stage credits include Maurice’s Jubilee (UK Tour), A British Subject (West End) and Kiss Me, Kate (West End). She starred in the popular sitcom Surgical Spirit (ITV) and Coronation Street. Film credits include Cherie andTomorrow Never Dies.

She is joined by Natalie Dew (Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre), Samuel James(Abigail’s Party, UK Tour) and rising star Alex Lawther (South Downs, Chichester/ West End).

Cast

Artistic team

WRITER

ALI TAYLOR

DIRECTOR

LISA SPIRLING

DESIGNER

POLLY SULLIVAN

LIGHTING

TIM MASCALL

SOUND

RICHARD HAMMARTON

Cast

News

Fault Lines: Trailer

Posted on 19 November 2013

Fault Lines: Full casting announced

Posted on 11 November 2013

Natalie Dew, Samuel James, Alex Lawther and Nichola McAuliffe play the staff of a small relief charity in Ali Taylor’s sharp new comedy, which gives the expression ‘having a disastrous Christmas’ a whole new meaning.

Fault Lines: A writer's introduction

Posted on 8 November 2013

We chat to writer Ali Taylor, who makes his Hampstead Theatre debut with Fault Lines, about inspiration, Joe Orton and bad gags.

Tickets

First five performances: All tickets £5
Full price: £12
Seniors: £10 (matinee only)
Concessions: £10*
Access: £6
Groups: For every 9 tickets get the 10th free

*Students, under 26 and unwaged

Video and Image Gallery

Natalie Dew (Abi) Natalie Dew (Abi)
Samuel James (Nick) Samuel James (Nick)
Alex Lawther (Ryan) and Samuel James (Nick) Alex Lawther (Ryan) and Samuel James (Nick)
Nichola McAuliffe (Pat) Nichola McAuliffe (Pat)
Alex Lawther (Ryan) Alex Lawther (Ryan)
Natalie Dew (Abi) Natalie Dew (Abi)
Samuel James (Nick) Samuel James (Nick)
Nichola McAuliffe (Pat) Nichola McAuliffe (Pat)
Natalie Dew (Abi) and Samuel James (Nick) Natalie Dew (Abi) and Samuel James (Nick)
Alex Lawther (Ryan) Alex Lawther (Ryan)
Natalie Dew (Abi) and Samuel James (Nick) Natalie Dew (Abi) and Samuel James (Nick)

KEEPING YOU SAFE AT HAMPSTEAD

1 Social Distanced 1

RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE

2 MASKS REQUIRED 1

FACE MASKS ENCOURAGED

4 STATE OF THE ART VENTILATION 1

STATE OF THE ART VENTILATION

5 ENHANCED CLEANING 1

ENHANCED CLEANING

7 CONTACTLESS TICKETS 1

CONTACTLESS TICKETS

8 HAND SANITIZING STATIONS 2

HAND SANITISING STATIONS

9 CASHLESS PAYMENT 1

CASHLESS PAYMENT