Main Stage
Hampstead’s gloriously versatile Main Stage (no two shows will look the same) is the home of the fresh and unexpected. Entertaining and original theatre at its best.
A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE WORLD PREMIERE
BIRD GROVE
By ALEXI KAYE CAMPBELL
Directed By ANNA LEDWICH
As long as you only have one sort of person telling the stories, well then our world will end up looking very like that one sort of person. It makes sense, doesn’t it?
A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE PRODUCTION
COPENHAGEN
By MICHAEL FRAYN
Directed By MICHAEL LONGHURST
There are only two things the world remembers about me. One is the uncertainty principle, and the other is my mysterious visit to Niels Bohr in Copenhagen in 1941. Everyone understands uncertainty. No one understands my trip to Copenhagen
A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE UK PREMIERE
STAGE KISS
By SARAH RUHL
Directed By BLANCHE MCINTYRE
When I kissed you just now did it feel like an actor kissing an actor or a person kissing a person because I've kissed you so many times over the last few weeks I'm starting to not know the difference
A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE WORLD PREMIERE
SPRINGWOOD
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RICHARD NELSON
You’re five thousand miles away. You already owe us a fortune from the last war. We won’t see a penny of that any time soon, will we? And so – why don’t we just ignore you and your war?
A HAMPSTEAD THEATRE EUROPEAN PREMIERE
KIMBERLY AKIMBO
BOOK AND LYRICS BY DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
MUSIC BY JEANINE TESORI
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL LONGHURST
I want an adventure while I still can! And it's gonna be scary and fun and really stupid
