New Writing Festival: Daring Pairings
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Hampstead Theatre has put on some cracking plays during its 50th anniversary year with some real highlights from the archives but it seems fitting that the celebrations are ending by focussing on a new generation of writers. At the heart of Daring Pairings, Hampstead's third festival of new writing, is a bold, funny debut play from Atiha Sen Gupta, who has risen up from within the theatre's youth company heat&light. What Fatima Did... explores the consequences of one girl turning up at the start of a new school year, wearing the hijab among the secular trends of her classmates. Alongside this world premiere, Daring Pairings presents five unique collaborations to inspire and foster new writing. A group of writers linked to the theatre come together to create a new play; heat&light work with an established writer on their own invention; there's music theatre from a partnership with Central School of Speech and Drama in Noctropia, commissioned in 2003, and other innovative approaches to new writing come from edgy theatre companies The Factory and Nabokov. If you want to be at the forefront of what's new and happening in theatre, this is for you.About Hampstead Theatre
The Hampstead Theatre has existed in various forms since 1959, when it opened in a Scout Hall and its opening season in 1959 included two new plays by Harold Pinter, The Room and The Dumb Waiter. In 1962 the company moved to a portacabin in Swiss Cottage where it remained for nearly 40 years. More about Hampstead Theatre
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TIMES Various Times PRICING £12, concs £10
Pam is very ill, and both she and her husband decide to take matters into their own hands, as he is not ready to let her go. Tom Holloway's drama is directed by James Macdonald.... More about this event
TIMES Various Times PRICING Jan 18-24 £18, Jan 25-Feb 25 £22-£29, concs £12-£15
Simon Stephens's comedy-drama about the dictator Ubu being charged with Crimes against Humanity, and his opposing of the court in which he is being tried. Preceded by a short puppet version of the 1896 play Ubu Roi. Directed by Katie Mitchell.... More about this event
TIMES Various Times PRICING £12, concs £10
Tony's late son's funeral is forthcoming, and as his daughter and ex-wife return, he wonders if the regrets of the past and the sorrows of now will be too much for all of them. Drama written by Nick Payne.... More about this event
TIMES Various Times PRICING Mar 1-3 previews £18, Mar 5-Apr 7 Mon/Wed/Sat 7.30pm, 2.30pm & 3pm £22, Tue-Sat 7.30pm £29
Ben Chaplin stars as writer and theatre producer Harley Granville-Barker, in Richard Nelson's play, a study of human nature, set in Massachusetts in 1916. Directed by Roger Michell.... More about this event
TIMES 9th May 2012 to 16th June 2012 PRICING Phone for prices
Mike Bartlett's stage adaptation of the 1981 British film, about two British athletes, both considered outsiders, who endeavour to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics. The production features the original Vangelis score, with additional music by Jason Carr. Directed by Edward Hall.... More about this event
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