Howard Davies

Hampstead’s Wild Honey – Casting Announced

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Book tickets for Wild Honey at Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre have announced casting for their production of Michael Frayn’s Wild Honey which will be presented from 2 December 2016 – 14 January 2017. Tickets are on sale now. Wild Honey is a comedy of errors, drawn from Chekhov’s untitled – and posthumously discovered – early play. It is a tale of nineteenth-century Russian life replete with classic misunderstandings, irrepressible desires and nostalgia for a vanishing world. Village schoolmaster Platonov has it all: wit, intelligence, a comfortable and respectable life in provincial Russia, and the attentions of four beautiful women – one of whom is his devoted wife… As summer arrives and the seasonal festivities commence, the rapidly intensifying heat makes everyone giddy with sunlight, vodka – and passion. Wild Honey will be directed by Howard Davies – Hampstead’s Associate Artist and will star Geoffrey Streatfeild in the role of Platonov making his debut at Hampstead Theatre. The cast … Read more

Hapgoood at Hampstead Theatre – Rehearsal Images Released

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Hapgood by Tom Stoppard at Hampstead Theatre. Tickets now on sale.

BritishTheatre.com are pleased to bring you a series of photographs from the rehearsals rooms of the Hamsptead Theatre where Hapgood by Tom Stoppard is currently rehearsing. London 1988. The Cold War is approaching its endgame and somebody in spymaster Elizabeth Hapgood’s (Lisa Dillon) network is leaking secrets. Is her star Double Agent a Triple? The trap she sets becomes a hall of mirrors in which betrayal is personal and treachery a trick of the light. The production, directed by Howard Davies (55 Days at Hampstead Theatre, Temple at Donmar), is written by acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard, whose many plays include The Coast of Utopia, The Real Thing and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. His screenplays also include Shakespeare in Love and Anna Karenina. The revival of this classic espionage drama is an exciting chance to see the Tom Stoppard play you’ve never seen. BOOK TICKETS FOR HAPGOOD AT HAMPSTEAD THEATRE

Hapgood By Tom Stoppard Comes To Hampstead Theatre

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Hapgood by Tom Stoppard at Hampstead Theatre

Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard will bring his play Hapgood to the Hampstead Theatre this December in a production directed by Howard Davies. Casting is to be announced. London 1988. The Cold War is approaching its endgame and somebody in spymaster Elizabeth Hapgood’s network is leaking secrets. Is her star Double Agent a Triple? The trap she sets becomes a hall of mirrors in which betrayal is personal and treachery a trick of the light. Tom Stoppard is one of the UK’s most prolific playwrights with works including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, Jumpers, Travesties, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love and the Coast of Utopia amongst others. Hapgood runs at the Hampstead Theatre from 4 December 2015 to Saturday 16 January 2016.

REVIEW: For Services Rendered, Minerva Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭

Regional, Reviews
For Services Rendered Chichester

I doubt anyone could hope for a finer, more delicate production of this great play. It is genuinely funny in parts, full of melodramatic touches which are not silly but insightful, and incredibly moving when the final scenes play out. Davies is at the top of his game here- this is a symphony of theatrical pleasure. It should transfer to the West End and play and play. Producers should not be fearful of a good old-fashioned triumph.

REVIEW: 3 Winters, Lyttleton Theatre ✭✭✭

Reviews, West End
3 Winters at The National Theatre

There is a marvellous scene towards the end of Act One where Walker and Gulliford share the couch, both wanting to be there but both not knowing how to negotiate a new phase in their fractured relationship. Completely different creatures, but each needing the other to be complete. It is a joy to watch.