Posted on 10 December 2014

Tiger Country: Production photos

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Taken by Robert Workman

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Posted on 9 December 2014

Elephants: In rehearsals

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Photos taken by Becky Paris

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Posted on 5 December 2014

Edward Hall introduces Tiger Country

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Tiger Country has long felt like unfinished business.

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Posted on 3 December 2014

Hampstead Christmas gift ideas

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Stuck for Christmas present ideas?

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Posted on 2 December 2014

IdeasTap: Indira Varma interview

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From Game of Thrones to Silk, computer games to her current role in Nina Raine’s Tiger Country, Indira Varma has worked across a lot of different media to play very different roles.

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Posted on 1 December 2014

Tiger Country: Behind-the-scenes video

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We go behind-the-scenes into the Tiger Country rehearsal room and chat to Writer/Director Nina Raine and Medical Consultant, and inspiration behind the main character, Jyoti Shah about reviving Nina’s action-packed hospital drama and learning to act like a surgeon.

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Posted on 1 December 2014

Beth Steel wins Most Promising Playwright at the ES Theatre Awards

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The stars gathered in central London last night to celebrate the best of British theatre at the 60th London Evening Standard Awards.

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Posted on 28 November 2014

A Cup of Tea with... State Red's Samuel Anderson

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State Red’s Samuel Anderson talks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor Faye Johnson about party tricks, reuniting with the other History Boys and Doctor Who.

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Posted on 27 November 2014

Tiger Country: In rehearsals

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Photos taken by Bob Workman

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Posted on 27 November 2014

Evening Standard: Shaun Evans interview

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Shaun Evans: ‘The handsome stranger?

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Posted on 21 November 2014

Spring Season 2015 announced

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• Hello/Goodbye by Peter Souter tranfers to the Main Stage from Downstairs.

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Posted on 20 November 2014

A Cup of Tea with... Elephants Director Tamara Harvey

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We chat to Elephants Director and Hampstead Theatre regular Tamara Harvey between rehearsals about life advice, Alan Ayckbourn and an excess of sprouts.

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Posted on 17 November 2014

A Cup of Tea with... Elephants Writer Rose Heiney

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We speak to Writer Rose Heiney about her debut play Elephants, her Christmas obsession and brussels sprouts.

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Posted on 17 November 2014

Elephants: Full cast announced

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Hampstead Theatre is delighted to announce that the cast for Elephants, the debut play of award-winning writer Rose Heiney, is Helen Atkinson-Wood, Adam Buchanan, Jonathan Guy Lewis, Richard Lintern, Bel Powley, Imogen Stubbs and Antonia Thomas.

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Posted on 13 November 2014

Wildefire: Press Night photos

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Taken by Jon Holloway Headshots

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Posted on 12 November 2014

Wildefire: Production photos

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Taken by Ellie Kurttz

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Posted on 11 November 2014

Tiger Country: Indira Varma researches her role

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Photo: Indira Varma with theatre staff from Queen’s Hospital, Burton-on-Trent

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Posted on 10 November 2014

State Red: Production photos

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Taken by Robert Day

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Posted on 7 November 2014

Wildefire: An interview with Maria Aberg

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Wildefire Director Maria Aberg talks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson, about collaborating with Roy Williams, her interest in the ‘construction of feminine identity’ and deconstruction of Shakespeare

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Posted on 6 November 2014

The Telegraph: Nina Raine Interview

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While Nina Raine was researching her new play, she found herself identifying a little too closely with the medical profession.

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Posted on 6 November 2014

Indira Varma: A career in pictures

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Famous for roles on screen and stage, Indira Varma has enjoyed an incredibly varied and successful career from playing Harold Pinter’s Gila in One for the Road (Broadway), Noel Coward’s Bunty Mainwaring in The Vortext (Donmar) and David Hare’s Nadia Baliye in The Vertical Hour (Royal Court) to prolific television roles such as Game of Thrones and Luther.

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Posted on 6 November 2014

Tiger Country Director announced exciting new staging plans

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Image: 55 Days in traverse (2012)

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Posted on 6 November 2014

Tiger Country: Full cast announced

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Beyond the corridors of a busy London hospital lies a workplace full of professionals under the most extreme pressure – especially at Christmas – where an unintentional slip can have disastrous consequences.

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Posted on 3 November 2014

Di and Viv and Rose partners with CoppaFeel!

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Di and Viv and Rose teams up with CoppaFeel!

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Posted on 31 October 2014

Wildefire: Life in the Police Force by The Lord Paddick

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‘Are you in the job?’ is the question a police officer will often ask someone who he believes to be a fellow officer.

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Posted on 30 October 2014

Edward Hall introduces Wildefire

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Wildefire was one of the first plays I had the pleasure of commissioning when I took over Hampstead.

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Posted on 28 October 2014

Evening Standard: Roy Williams interview

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Roy Williams’s new play, Wildefire, for Hampstead Theatre, focuses on the way the Met works in the current climate of mistrust — being a police officer looks like the worst job you could do right now, he tells Johanna Thomas-Corr.

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Posted on 27 October 2014

State Red: In rehearsals

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Atiha Sen Gupta’s fiery family drama challenges the ‘family always comes first’ ethos and boldly confronts the fissures in our modern multicultural society that infiltrate through to the highest ranks.

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Posted on 27 October 2014

State Red: Full cast announced

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The cast for State Red, Atiha Sen Gupta’s fiery family drama, is Samuel Anderson, Maxine Finch, Geoff Leesley and Toby Wharton.

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Posted on 24 October 2014

A Cup of Tea With... Four Minutes Twelve Seconds Actor Jonathan McGuiness

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We chat to Jonathan McGuiness about Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, life advice and favourite London haunts.

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Posted on 23 October 2014

Wildefire: Win with Hampstead Theatre and Bloomsbury

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THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED AND A WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN

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Posted on 21 October 2014

Sunny Afternoon: Listen to the first tracks released from the cast recording

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Listen to four preview tracks released from the Sunny Afternoon Official Cast Recording ahead of its release on 27 October.

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Posted on 21 October 2014

A Cup of Tea With... State Red Writer Atiha Sen Gupta

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We talk to State Red Writer Atiha Sen Gupta about her playwriting heroes, Roy Williams and humanising headlines.

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Posted on 17 October 2014

Hampstead's Literary Manager talks about Hampstead Downstairs Autumn Season 2014

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Hampstead Theatre’s Literary Manager Will Mortimer talks to Hampstead Theatre’s Online Features Editor, Susie Benson, about the Autumn Season and the ethos behind Hampstead Downstairs

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