In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Part Four

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Part Three: Missing Dates By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

Sunny Afternoon: Backstage photos

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Get a behind-the-scenes insight into Hampstead’s new musical Sunny Afternoon with our exclusive backstage photos.

Wonderland: Meet the cast

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Meet the cast for Beth Steel’s epic new play Wonderland…

Casting announced for Wonderland

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Hampstead Theatre presents the World Premiere of

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★★ from The Mail on Sunday

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You really got me!

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from The Sunday Times

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Sunny Afternoon review By Maxie Szalwinska, The Sunday Times

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from The Observer

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The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon is a triumph for Ray Davies and Joe Penhall By Susannah Clapp, The Observer

A Cup of Tea With... In The Vale of Health's Laura Rees

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We chat to Laura Rees over a cup of tea about In The Vale Of Health, Maxine Peake and alternative careers.

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★★ from Daily Express

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Sunny Afternoon review: ‘Kinky songs are a Ray of light’ By Clair Woodward, Daily Express

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★★ from The Telegraph

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Sunny Afternoon, Hampstead Theatre, review: ‘pop lovers would be mad to miss it’ By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★★ from Daily Mail

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You really got me!

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from The Times

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Sunny Afternoon review By Dominic Maxwell, The Times

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from the Evening Standard

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‘An irresistible new musical which illustrates the brilliance of The Kinks’ By Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage

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Sunny Afternoon review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage

Sunny Afternoon: Press Night photos

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Thursday night (1 May) was Press Night at Hampstead Theatre for new musical Sunny Afternoon.

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from Financial Times

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The music is the star of this joyous account of The Kinks’ story By Sarah Hemming, Financial Times

Sunny Afternoon: ★★★★ from The Independent

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Sunny Afternoon review By Nick Hasted, The Independent

Sunny Afternoon: Production photos

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Photos taken by Dominic Clemence

Wonderland Director announces exciting new staging plans

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Image: Chariots of Fire in the round (2012)

Wonderland: A timeline of the 1984/5 Miners' Strike

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Photo: © John Sturrock/reportdigital.co.uk

Wonderland: The Key Players

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‘Beth Steel, in a commanding Main Stage debut, illuminates corners of a story you think you know but you don’t.’ David Hare, writer of The Judas Kiss, Skylight and Pravda

Video: Writer and Director introduce Wonderland

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Wonderland: New Main Stage show now on sale

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Hampstead Theatre presents the World Premiere ofWONDERLAND By Beth Steel Directed by Edward Hall Designed by Ashley Martin Davis 20 June – 26 July 2014

A Cup Of Tea With... In The Vale Of Health's Gethin Anthony

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We grabbed Gethin Anthony in between performing Japes and rehearsing Japes Too to talk acting idols, life advice and that time he fell off stage.

Ham & High: Ray and Dave Davies interview

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Ray and Dave Davies speak out as the Kinks musical comes to Hampstead By Alex Bellotti, Ham & High

An interview with Joe Penhall

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We speak to Joe Penhall, writer of the Sunny Afternoon book, about working with Ray Davies and how he went about writing the fascinating story of The Kinks.

In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Part Three

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Part Three: Japes Too By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

Win tickets to Sunny Afternoon and a signed copy of Americana

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To celebrate the opening of Sunny Afternoon we’re giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the show and a signed copy of Ray Davies’ autobiography, Americana.

The Guardian: Simon Gray and the art of rewriting

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For Gray, the curtain never properly fell: forever rearranging his own plays, he had an impressive fluidity of imagination By Mark Lawson, The Guardian (Photograph: Linda Nylind)

Video: In The Vale of Health trailer

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The Telegraph interview Tamara Harvey

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The Telegraph’s Dominic Cavendish talks to Director Tamara Harvey about staging Simon Gray’s In The Vale Of Health quartet

London Calling interview John Dagleish

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John Dagleish, best known for roles in Lark Rise to Candleford, Starlings and Beaver Falls, is taking on the iconic figure of Ray Davies in a new musical at Hampstead Theatre, Sunny Afternoon.

Evening Standard: Edward Hall interview

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How artistic director Edward Hall saved Hampstead Theatre

Sunny Afternoon: Meet the band

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We go behind-the-scenes into the Sunny Afternoon rehearsal room and chat to Director Edward Hall and cast members, John Dagleish, Ned Derrington, George Maguire and Adam Sopp about becoming The Kinks.