Edward Hall introduces Race
I read David Mamet’s Race soon after joining Hampstead – it had just opened on Broadway – and immediately knew I wanted to produce it here.
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Race cast: Careers in pictures
From The Wire and Doctor Who to Othello and A Streetcar Named Desire, the cast of Race have enjoyed an incredibly varied and successful career.
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Behind the scenes with Joanna Howells for #aiww
By Features Editor, Susie Benson
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A Human Being Died That Night: A writer's introduction
How does it feel to be returning to Hampstead Theatre?
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Thousands tune in for live-streaming of #aiww
Thousands of people tuned in across 84 countries from Friday 19 April to watch the live and free streaming of the critically acclaimed #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei.
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The live-streaming of #aiww has now closed
THE LIVE-STREAMING HAS NOW CLOSED.
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David Mamet: A career in pictures
Pulitzer Prize winner, and writer of RACE coming to Hampstead June 2013, David Mamet has contributed an incredible amount to the industry over the last 40 years, including plays, screen adaptations and novels.
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Edward Hall introduces #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
In June last year Barnaby Martin wrote to Greg and me with his extraordinary story of the time he had spent with Ai Weiwei.
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Ai Weiwei: His Art in pictures
From Beijing’s Olympic Stadium, the ‘Bird’s Nest’, to millions of ceramic Sunflower Seeds in the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, Ai Weiwei’s Art is incredibly powerful and poignant.
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Weiwei-isms: A selection of quotations from Ai
They all ask: Why?
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Ai Weiwei discusses Brenton's new play with The Sunday Times
‘We are here to let people know what a bad man you are’The Sunday Times published 31 March By Leo Lewis
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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei in rehearsals
On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport.
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Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter
Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter (Never Sorry, 2012)
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BBC Radio 4: Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?
Directed by Katie Mitchell, Say It With Flowers explores a number of Gertrude Stein’s work.
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A Human Being Died That Night: Eugene de Kock
Based on Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela’s interviews with Eugene de Kock, A Human Being Died That Night explores how a fundamentally moral person can become a mass murderer.
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Say It With Flowers: A history of Gertrude Stein
Say It With Flowers brings together a number of American modernist Gertrude Stein’s extraordinary work.
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A Cup of Tea with... Hello/Goodbye's Andy Rush
We caught up with Andy Rush between rehearsals before the show opened to talk about Charlie Chaplin, juggling and letting out his ‘inner geek’.
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'Never an ensemble to do anything by halves': Propeller are BACK
‘Propeller is all about how we approach a show, how we treat our audience, how we bring life to the words and stories we put across, how the camaraderie of the company spreads to the people who are watching…’ Edward Hall, Artistic Director of Propeller and Hampstead Theatre
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Edward Hall introduces Longing
We’ve been planning this production of Longing for over two years.
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The story behind #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
Photo: Benedict Wong as Ai Weiwei for #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
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A Cup of Tea with... I Know How I Feel About Eve's Michele Austin
We chat to actor Michele Austin about The Bill, Mike Leigh and the thrill of the studio stage.
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Longing: Behind the scenes
Enjoy these behind-the-scene pictures from the Longing publicity photoshoot featuring Tamsin Greig and Iain Glen and see the finished product.
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Di and Viv and Rose: The soundtrack
‘There are moments here that made me cry with laughter, nor least when all three girls dance wildly in their sitting-room to Prince’s Let’s Go Crazy pumped up to max on their sound system.’ – Charles Spencer, The Telegraph
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A Cup of Tea with... I Know How I Feel About Eve's Christopher Harper
We caught up with I Know How I Feel About Eve actor Christopher Harper between performances to talk Hampstead Downstairs, rock music and alternative career options.
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Peter Souter's Deep & Crisp & Even
Hello/Goodbye, which runs from 1- 30 March in Hampstead Downstairs, tells the story of the meeting of an unconventional couple and the progression of their relationship, a subject that writer Peter Souter has often explored through his writing.
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Competition: Whatever love is...
Whatever love is… at Hampstead Theatre
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Fashion in the 1980s: too outrageous for the stage?
Fashion in the 1980s: too outrageous for the stage?
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Di and Viv and Rose in Harper's Bazaar's hotlist
The highly anticipated Di and Viv and Rose starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Gina McKee and Tamzin Outhwaite, is in Harper’s Bazaar’s January ‘Why Don’t You…’ List.
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Getting To Know You: Charlie Bath, Administrator and Executive Assistant
We managed to pin down our eternally busy Administrator and Executive Assistant Charlie Bath for a chat about filing, moving from onstage to backstage and Rupert Everett’s fat suit.
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Edward Hall introduces Di and Viv and Rose
Di and Viv and Rose marks a special moment for Hampstead Theatre: the first transfer of a play from our Downstairs programme to our Main Stage.
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Tu i Teraz (Here and Now): Language Matters
A Writer’s Blog: Language Matters
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Longing: 5 minutes with William Boyd
He’s an award-winning novelist – An Ice-Cream War, Brazzaville Beach, Any Human Heart, Restless and Waiting for Sunrise are a few titles to his name – but he has never written for the stage.
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A Cup of Tea with... Tu i Teraz (Here and Now) actor Ania Sowinski
We spoke to Ania Sowinski (pictured, right) about being bi-lingual, her first job and Quentin Tarantino. Ania is currently playing Marysia in Tu i Teraz (Here and Now) which runs until 19 January.
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Tu i Teraz (Here and Now): Learning Polish
Mark Strepan (pictured, left), who plays Kuba in Tu i Teraz (Here and Now), talks about the challenges of learning Polish for the play.
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