Attenborough gives Hampstead Theatre Reasons to be Happy

Michael Attenborough directs the UK premiere of Neil LaBute’s romantic comedy, Reasons to be Happy, at Hampstead Theatre in March.

Reasons to be Happy - a companion piece to Reasons to be Pretty, directed by Michael Attenborough in 2011 - follows the lives and loves of four friends as they desperately search for happiness and explores ‘unfinished business’ in relationships.

LaBute’s other plays include Reasons to be Pretty, Bash, The Shape of Things, The Distance From Here, Autobahn, Fat Pig, Some Girls, This Is How It Goes and In A Forest Dark and Deep. His films include In the Company of Men, for which he won the New York Critics’ Circle Award for Best First Feature and the Filmmakers’ Trophy at the Sundance Film Festival.

Reasons to be Happy is Michael Attenborough’s fourth collaboration with LaBute. The former artistic director of the Almeida Theatre returns to Hampstead Theatre following Luna Gale in 2015. He was Hampstead Theatre’s artistic director from 1984 -1989 and was awarded the CBE for services to theatre in 2013. REASONS TO BE HAPPY RUNS AT HAMPSTEAD THEATRE FROM 17 MARCH - 16 APRIL 2016