Edward Hall introduces Raving
I vividly recall reading Simon Paisley Day’s lively first play, Spike which I thought a really exciting debut.
Read the full storyYOUR interview with Raving's Robert Webb
We gave our online followers the opportunity to ask Robert Webb any questions they wanted – and the tweets came in thick and fast!
Read the full story'I’m going to write and I’m going to act' - interview with Simon Paisley Day
Hampstead Theatre’s Features Editor, Susie Benson, talks to Raving Writer Simon Paisley Day about new writing, acting and and sheer bloody-mindedness…
Read the full storyThe Observer: Sarah Hadland interview
The Observer’s Liz Hoggard interviews Sarah Hadland who is playing Rosy in Raving (runs on the Main Stage 17 October – 23 November)
Read the full storyYOUR interview with Robert Webb: submit questions now
Have you ever wanted to ask Robert Webb anything?
Read the full storyDrawing the Line: An introduction by Howard Brenton
We talk to Howard Brenton, writer of Hampstead’s hit plays 55 Days and #aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei, about Sophocles, the intimacy of theatre and the inspiration behind his new play Drawing the Line.
Read the full storyNew Main Stage show announced: Drawing the Line
A Hampstead Theatre ProductionWorld Premiere
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from Sunday Times
Hysteria: Review By Maxie Szalwinska, Sunday Times
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from Metro
Hysteria: Review By Sam Marlowe, Metro
Read the full story'I love making worlds' - interview with Designer Lez Brotherston
Hampstead Theatre’s Features Editor, Susie Benson, talks to Hysteria Designer Lez Brotherston on melting clocks, and those famous macho swans…
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from The Times
Hysteria: Review By Dominic Maxwell, The Times
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★★ from The Sunday Telegraph
Hysteria: Review By Tim Walker, The Sunday Telegraph
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from The Financial Times
Hysteria: Review By Sarah Hemming, Financial Times
Read the full storyAccessing returned seats for Hysteria
CAN’T GET TICKETS FOR HYSTERIA?
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from the Evening Standard
Hysteria: Review By Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from WhatsOnStage
Hysteria: Review By Michael Coveney, WhatsOnStage
Read the full storyHysteria: Press Night photos
Thursday night (12 September) was Press Night at Hampstead Theatre for Hysteria.
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★★ from The Telegraph
Hysteria: Review By Charles Spencer, The Telegraph
Read the full storyHysteria: ★★★★ from The Guardian
Hysteria: Review By Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
Read the full storyTime Out: Backstage with Antony Sher
Time Out’s Andrzej Lukowski talks to Hysteria’s Antony Sher.
Read the full storyHysteria: Production photos
Photos taken by Alastair Muir
Read the full storyEdward Hall introduces Hysteria
When Terry Johnson was rehearsing Race for us, which proved one of the most attended successes in Hampstead’s history, we at last had a chance to talk in earnest about the possibility of bringing Hysteria to Hampstead.
Read the full storyHam & High: Antony Sher interview
Ham & High’s Alex Bellotti talks to Hysteria’s Antony Sher about Freud, Shakespeare and the benefits of self-analysis.
Read the full storyRaving: Behind the scenes at the photo shoot
We go behind the scenes at the Raving marketing shoot to see Robert Webb, Sarah Hadland, Issy van Randwyck and Nicholas Rowe in action and speak to Head of Marketing, Jess Woodward, and Creative Director, Shaun Webb, about the the thought and process towards capturing the perfect picture.
Read the full storyRaving: Full casting announced
Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce an outstanding cast for Raving, Simon Paisley Day’s writing debut.
Read the full storyThe Times: Terry Johnson on theatre and Hitchcock blondes
Terry Johnson’s plays are all sex, nudity and wicked comedy, but don’t expect many more.
Read the full storyHysteria: Full casting confirmed
Antony Sher as Sigmund Freud leads a cast of David Horovitch, Adrian Schiller and Lydia Wilson in Terry Johnson’s Hysteria, a hilarious and insightful farce that raises intriguing questions about Freud’s radical revision of his theories on hysteria.
Read the full storyHysteria: Win with Hampstead Theatre and The Freud Museum
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND A WINNER HAS BEEN SELECTED
Read the full storyVideo: 21 Questions with... Propeller's Finn Hanlon and Arthur Wilson
We challenge Propeller’s Finn Hanlon (Lucentio/Antonio) and Arthur Wilson (Bianca/Curio/Priest) to answer 21 questions on everything from touring with an all-male company and favourite lines to passing out on stage and Elton John.
Read the full storyPropeller: ★★★★ from The Telegraph
Propeller’s The Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night: Review By Jane Shilling, The Telegraph
Read the full storyThe Taming of the Shrew: ★★★★ from Time Out
Propeller’s The Taming of the Shrew: Review By Daisy Bowie-Sell, Time Out
Read the full storyKEEPING YOU SAFE AT HAMPSTEAD
RESPECT PERSONAL SPACE
FACE MASKS ENCOURAGED
STATE OF THE ART VENTILATION
ENHANCED CLEANING
CONTACTLESS TICKETS
HAND SANITISING STATIONS
CASHLESS PAYMENT