#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: Press Night Photos

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: ★★★★ from Metro

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Robert Shore, Metro

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: ★★★★ from The Telegraph

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#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei review By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

The Independent: Howard Brenton interview

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Sowing the seeds of change?

A Cup of Tea With... Say It With Flowers actor Laura Harling

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We chat to Say It With Flowers actor Laura Harling over a cup of tea about Katie Mitchell, learning impossible lines and swimming in the Serpentine.

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei: Production photos

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David Mamet: A career in pictures

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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.

The Evening Standard: 'A thorn in the side of Beijing'

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Ai Weiwei play to go global on web… but risks block by China By Louise Jury, The Evening Standard

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei to be live-streamed across the world

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The performance of #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei on Friday 19 April will be live-streamed over the Internet worldwide and free.

Edward Hall introduces #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

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In June last year Barnaby Martin wrote to Greg and me with his extraordinary story of the time he had spent with Ai Weiwei.

Say It With Flowers: Production photos

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Photos taken by Robert Day

Ai Weiwei: His Art in pictures

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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.

Weiwei-isms: A selection of quotations from Ai

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They all ask: Why?

Ai Weiwei discusses Brenton's new play with The Sunday Times

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‘We are here to let people know what a bad man you are’The Sunday Times published 31 March By Leo Lewis

Howard Brenton: My play is dangerous for Ai Weiwei

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Howard Brenton: My play is dangerous for Ai WeiweiThe Telegraph published 3 April By Tom Wicker

#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei in rehearsals

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On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport.

Rupert Everett and Scott Ambler shortlisted for an Olivier Award

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Rupert Everett and Scott Ambler have both been shortlisted for an Olivier Award next month.

Say It With Flowers: In rehearsals

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BBC Radio 4: Was Gertrude Stein Any Good?

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Directed by Katie Mitchell, Say It With Flowers explores a number of Gertrude Stein’s work.

Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter

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Ai Weiwei: I think the most important medium of our time is Twitter (Never Sorry, 2012)

Say It With Flowers: A history of Gertrude Stein

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Say It With Flowers brings together a number of American modernist Gertrude Stein’s extraordinary work.

A Human Being Died That Night: Eugene de Kock

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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.

New Downstairs season now on sale

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Hampstead Downstairs / The Peter Wolff Trust are delighted to announce two new plays; Say It With Flowers by award-winning theatre maker Katie Mitchell and A Human Being Died That Night by the acclaimed playwright Nicholas Wright.

Hello/Goodbye: What the audience thinks

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‘Another incredible show #HelloGoodbye Downstairs Hamps_Theatre which seems impossible to disappoint at the moment.

Longing: Press Night photos

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Thursday night (7 March) was Press Night at Hampstead Theatre for Longing.

Longing: ★★★★ from The Telegraph

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Longing review By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

Longing: ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage

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Longing review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage

Longing: ★★★★ from The Guardian

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Longing review By Michael Billington, The Guardian

A Cup of Tea with... Hello/Goodbye's Andy Rush

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We caught up with Andy Rush between rehearsals before the show opened to talk about Charlie Chaplin, juggling and letting out his ‘inner geek’.

Hello/Goodbye: Production photos

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The Independent: William Boyd interview

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The celebrated author, set to publish a 007 novel in September, feels ‘like a new boy on his first day at school’ as his theatrical debut, based on short stories by Anton Chekhov, is staged in London – by Matilda Battersby in The Independent

'Never an ensemble to do anything by halves': Propeller are BACK

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‘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

Propeller: Video trailers

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Not familar with Propeller?

Longing: Production photos

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