“The Harmony Test,” Hampstead Theatre
“Welcome to motherhood, bitch!” By the time a character delivers this reality check, there have...
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“Between Riverside And Crazy,” Hampstead Theatre
It’s often said that contemporary American playwrights are too polite, too afraid of giving...
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“The Divine Mrs S,” Hampstead Theatre
British theatre’s love of theatre about theatre offers a chance for some moments of meta, but do...
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Lauren Gunderson’s Anthropology at the Hampstead Theatre: Interesting Digital Thriller Falters On The Edge of Darkness
Androids no longer dream of electric sheep — instead they inhabit our dreams. Whether it is novels...
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“Sea Creatures,” Hampstead Theatre
Is it possible to successfully challenge naturalism in British theatre today? At a time when...
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“Sons Of The Prophet,” Hampstead Theatre
Pain is, at one and the same time, something to avoid, and also something you can use. Kahlil...
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Joe White’s “Blackout Songs” at Hampstead Theatre: Powerful Account of Mutual Dependency on Drink
Joe White is great at staging fraught emotions. His Mayfly in 2018 vividly showed a family whose...
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“Ravenscourt,” Hampstead Theatre
Therapy is inherently dramatic. After all, it’s all about character — and it has the aim of...
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“Lotus Beauty,” Hampstead Theatre
Theatre is slowly recovering from the effects of the pandemic, and many shows which were canceled...
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“The Forest,” Hampstead Theatre
Let’s start with stereotypes: British theater is naturalistic, down-to-earth and explains...
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“Peggy For You,” Hampstead Theatre
Peggy Ramsay is a theater legend. Around the time of her death in 1991, the Australian-born agent...
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Al Blyth’s “The Haystack” at the Hampstead Theatre: Not Entirely Believable Surveillance Thriller
Total surveillance: this is the idea that every moment of our waking existence can be spied upon...
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Alexandra Wood’s “The Tyler Sisters” at the Hampstead Theatre: The Future Is Female In Epic Family Saga
What has Saint Augustine of Hippo got to do with new writing? At first sight, not very much. That...
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Ruby Thomas’s “Either” at the Hampstead Theatre: Intriguing Questioning of Gender Identity
Once there were radically innovative playwrights; then came university courses about radically...
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“Jude” at The Hampstead Theatre: Adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s 1895 Tragic Novel, “Jude The Obscure”
Edward Hall bids farewell to this venue, where he has been artistic director since 2010, with this...
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“The Phlebotomist” at The Hampstead Theatre
Contemporary British theatre loves time travel — and not just to the past. It also enjoys...
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“Eden” at The Hampstead Theatre: Building a Luxury Golf Course
In the medieval Mappa Mundi, which hangs in Hereford cathedral, the Garden of Eden is pictured at...
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“Genesis Inc” at The Hampstead Theatre
We are now pretty familiar with the idea that human reproduction (making babies) has been turned...
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“The Strange Death Of John Doe” at The Hampstead Theatre
Regular air travel is a hassle. All that queuing, all that security, all those hot halls, and then...
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“Vincent River” at The Park Theatre: In-yer-Face Theatre at Its Cruel Best
Every great playwright has to have both an identifiable style and the ability to innovate and...
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