Category: Hampstead Theatre
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Maisie Williams is wearing the most amazing tights. They are a white, pink and blue Paisley pattern and are teamed with cut off denim shorts, stripey socks and a stripey long-sleeved top. I & You, Hampstead Theatre. Photo Credit: Manuel Harlan It's the sort of thing I imagine myself wearing if I were a teenager…
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If like me, you are missing your theatre fix then next week you can watch Hampstead Theatre's 2018 production of I and You for free. I & You, Hampstead Theatre. Photo by Manuel Harlan. Directed by Ed Hall and starring Game of Throne's Maisie Williams and Zach Wyatt, Lauren Gunderson's play about youth, friendship…
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As the halfway mark of 2018 rushes past, it's time to reflect on the highlights and low lights of London's theatre productions so far (edit: scroll to the bottom for the most read posts). Julius Caesar warm-up gig, Bridge Theatre. Photo: Rev Stan I'm not sure whether it's a reflection of more varied programming generally…
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A feisty, fast-paced play, that delivers some witty one liners and a whole lot to think about When Sarah Burgess wrote her play Dry Powder about New York-based private equity company it was pre-Trump presidency and yet when I was watching the play I couldn't help thinking 'what would Donald do?'. At the start of…
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Prompted by the Daily Telegraph's rather uninspiring and quite frankly lazy list of upcoming theatre treats – three plays which have already opened? Oh come on – here's my list of what I'm already really excited about seeing in the first half of 2018*. 1. My Mum's A Twat, Royal Court Theatre – Patsy Ferran,…
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Overheard some people arguing at the interval as to whether Cell Mates would get any better. The detractor won and they left but they should have stayed because it did get a lot better. Simon Gray's cold war comedy thriller is based loosely on real events surrounding double agent George Blake who was imprisoned for…
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via GIPHY 2017 is already the year that brought us Andrew Scott's Hamlet, Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman and my introduction to playwright Branden Jacob-Jenkins and it's only six months in. There are a further nine plays I couldn't not include in my 'best of so far' list and that was with the bar set very…
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Colin Morgan in Gloria at Hampstead Theatre photo by Marc Brenner Spoiler free: I work in an office and I work in publishing so there is definitely stuff to relate to in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play which is set at the offices of a New York magazine. Naturally, there are some cultural differences, we don't tend…
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* Stan fav Colin Morgan has been cast with Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick in Gloria at Hampstead Theatre which just happens to be my newest favourite playwright. So lots of excitement for that. Gloria will also be a 10 year theatre anniversary for me and Colin. I first saw him (and mentally tipped him…
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Emilia Fox and Theo James, Sex With Strangers, Hampstead Theatre. Photo Tristram Kenton You meet a man. First impressions aren't great but then you get to know him a bit better and there are areas of shared interest. One thing leads to another and that first impression feels like a long time ago. Then, just…