The FT interview with Imelda Staunton

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The Financial Times Interview with Imelda StauntonBy Sarah Hemming

Video: The Mystae Behind the Scenes Trailer

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Director Tim Carroll, Designer Georgia Lowe and cast members Adam Buchanan, Alex Griffin-Griffiths and Beatrice Scirocchi give an exclusive insight into The Mystae’s incredible cave – the most ambitious set Downstairs has ever seen.

Sunny Afternoon: The Kinks Playlist

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Get in the mood for Sunny Afternoon with The Kinks playlist, with classic songs including You Really Got Me and Waterloo Sunset to Days and Lola

Video: A backstage tour of The Mystae with Edward Hall

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Hampstead Theatre’s Artistic Director, Edward Hall, takes a tour of The Mystae cave, meets the cast in their dressing room and even takes a dip in the ‘sea’….

The Mystae: Production photos

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Good People: In rehearsals

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Rapture, Blister, Burn: The Spotify Soundtrack

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Relive Rapture, Blister, Burn, from Iggy Pop and PJ Harvey to Arcade Fire and Stevie Nicks, with our Spotify Soundtrack.

Building The Mystae: An interview with Designer Georgia Lowe

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Georgia Lowe speaks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson, about designing the most ambitious (and wettest) set Hampstead Downstairs has ever seen

Getting To Know You: Jess Woodward, Head of Marketing

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We find out what a day in the life of Jess Woodward, Hampstead’s Head of Marketing, looks like, from Press Nights and photo shoots to live-streaming and falling off her chair.

Edward Hall speaks to The Guardian about Simon Gray plays

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Hampstead Theatre to stage Gray’s hit with three unperformed plays exploring different outcomes for Japes characters

4 plays by Simon Gray now on sale - see 3 for £20

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Lyn Gardner: Simon Gray Obituary

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Simon Gray: Playwright, diarist and novelist bridged the gulf between intellectual and popular dramaBy Lyn Gardner Written for The Guardian in 2008

Simon Gray: A career in pictures

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Playwright Simon Gray had many West End hits, including Butley (1971), Otherwise Engaged (1975), Quartermaine’s Terms, (1981), Melon (1987), The Common Pursuit (first produced in 1984 and revived in 1988), Hidden Laughter (1990), The Late Middle Classes (1999), Japes (2000), The Holy Terror (2004) and, on the radio earlier this year, Missing Dates, a sequel to Japes.

Hampstead Theatre awarded The Stage's London Theatre of the Year

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Hampstead Theatre are delighted to have been awarded London Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards 2014.

The Mystae: In rehearsals

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Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from Metro

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Rapture, Blister, Burn reviewMetro

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from Independent

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Rapture, Blister, Burn, theatre review: ‘Emilia Fox sparkles as sexy fortysomething’ By Emily Jupp, Independent

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from The Times

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Rapture, Blister, Burn review By Kate Bassett, The Times

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from Telegraph

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Emilia Fox stars in the latest play by American dramatist Gina Gionfriddo – a witty, absorbing look at gender politics today, says Charles Spencer By Charles Spencer, Telegraph

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage

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Gina Gionfriddo’s satirical play starring Emilia Fox and Emma Fielding opened at Hampstead Theatre last night By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage

Full cast anounced for The Mystae

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We are delighted to announce the that the cast of Nick Whitby’s The Mystae will be Adam Buchanan, Alex Griffin-Griffiths and Beatrice Scirocchi.

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from Evening Standard

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Gina Gionfriddo’s sure-footed study of feminism has us gripped as sparks fly in the sisterhood By Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard

Rapture, Blister, Burn: ★★★★ from Time Out

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Rapture, Blister, Burn Review By Andrzej Lukowski, Time Out

Rapture, Blister, Burn: Press Night photos

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Rapture, Blister, Burn: Production photos

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A Cup of Tea With... The Blackest Black's Charity Wakefield

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Multi-talented stage and screen actress Charity Wakefield’s impressive acting CV includes an appearance at the National Theatre (The Cherry Orchard, 2011) and roles in the BBC’s Sense and Sensibility (2008) and the 2012 re-imagining of The Munsters, Mockingbird Lane.

Di and Viv and Rose: The Spotify Soundtrack

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‘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

Full casting announced for Good People

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Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce that Imelda Staunton will be joined by Lorraine Ashbourne, Matthew Barker, Angel Coulby, Lloyd Owen and June Watson in the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire’s play Good People, directed by Jonathan Kent.

An exclusive interview with Rapture, Blister, Burn Director Peter DuBois

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Interview with Peter DuBois, director of Rapture, Blister, Burn: A unique perspective on working with acclaimed playwright, Gina Gionfriddo

The Sunday Times: Emilia Fox interview

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Photo: Francesco Guidicini

Drawing the Line on demand: NOW CLOSED

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Drawing the Line was live-streamed Saturday 11 January 19:30 GMT.

Video: An interview with The Blackest Black writer Jeremy Brock

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‘In theatre your lines are learnt by the actors and spoken by the actors and, this may sound odd, but in film that’s not always so.

The Blackest Black: Production photos

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Edward Hall introduces Rapture, Blister, Burn

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Having finally said goodbye to the extraordinary sell-out success that was Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line, I am happy to start the New Year at Hampstead with another wonderful new play by a brilliant writer.