Ham & High: Beth Steel interview

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Beth Steel’s Wonderland sees Hampstead Theatre venture below ground By Bridget Galton, Ham & High

Edward Hall introduces Wonderland

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One of the occupational hazards of running a New Writing theatre is that family holidays are the sole opportunities for play reading marathons… Thus, the Christmas before last, I made my farewells at the theatre and set off for home with a huge pile of scripts under my arm.

Writing Wonderland: An interview with Beth Steel

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Wonderland Writer Beth Steel talks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson, about the inspiration behind her new play and bringing such an ambitious story to stage

A Cup of Tea With... In The Vale Of Health's Jamie Ballard

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We grabbed Jamie Ballard between a sold out run Downstairs and a transfer to the Main Stage to talk playing Hamlet, Andrew Scott and favourite cheeses.

Video: Meet the Wonderland cast

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Meet the cast of Beth Steel’s new play Wonderland and get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their research trip which took them 140m underground down a coal mine at the National Coal Mining Museum.

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

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.

Video: Writer and Director introduce Wonderland

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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

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.

Ham & High interview Tamara Harvey

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Ham & High’s Bridget Galton interviews Director Tamara Harvey about taking on the ‘mammoth’ In The Vale Of Health cycle

In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week two

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On Michael: Second Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

PART ONE: An interview with the Producer

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An Interview with Greg Ripley-Duggan, Executive Producer, Hampstead Theatre PART ONE

In The Vale Of Health rehearsal diary: Week one

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The Stuff of Tragedy: First Week of Rehearsals By Laurence Cook, In The Vale Of Health Associate Director

Q&A with Good People's Angel Coulby

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Official London Theatre’s Charlotte Marshall interviews Good People’s Angel Coulby

Sunny Afternoon Director announces exciting new staging plans

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Edward Hall has announced his plans to transform the Hampstead Theatre stage into a thrust layout for the highly anticipated Sunny Afternoon.

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.

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’….

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.