Rehearsal Photos Released For Harold Pinter’s Iconic THE DUMB WAITER At Hampstead Theatre This March + April
A Hampstead Theatre production THE DUMB WAITER By Harold Pinter
Directed by Alice Hamilton
Design by James Perkins
Lighting by James Whiteside
Composition & Sound by Giles Thomas
Cast features Philip Jackson & Harry Lloyd
The 60th anniversary production
REHEARSAL IMAGES RELEASED FOR HAROLD PINTER’S ICONIC THE DUMB WAITER AT HAMPSTEAD THEATRE FROM 19 MARCH UNTIL 18 APRIL
PHILIP JACKSON AND HARRY LLOYD PLAY THE ROLES OF BEN AND GUS, RESPECTIVELY, IN THIS 60th ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION WHICH MARKS THE PLAY’S WORLD PREMIERE AT THE THEATRE
ALICE HAMILTON DIRECTS AFTER HER RECENT SUCCESSES AT THE HAMPSTEAD THEATRE WITH THE OLIVIER–NOMINATED EVERY DAY I MAKE GREATNESS HAPPEN AND PARADISE
THE DUMB WAITER WILL OPEN HAMPSTEAD THEATRE’S CLASSICS SEASON WHICH SEEKS TO CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF ORIGINAL THEATRE, THIS SPRING/SUMMER
“We’ve proved ourselves before now, haven’t we? We’ve always done our job. What’s he doing all this for? What’s the idea? What’s he playing these games for?”
Ben and Gus have a job to do. But as they await instructions in a derelict building, they start to receive strange messages via a dumb waiter.
Hampstead Theatre, has released rehearsal images for Nobel Prize-winning writer Harold Pinter’s timeless black comedy The Dumb Waiter which will run from 19 March until 18 April 2020.
Acclaimed stage and screen actors Philip Jackson and Harry Lloyd will play the roles of Ben and Gus, respectively, in this 60th anniversary production which marks the play’s world premiere at Hampstead Theatre.
Philip Jackson is known to television audiences as Chief Inspector Japp in the long-running and highly successful Agatha Christie ITV series Poirot. Other screen credits include My Week with Marilyn, Brassed Off and Little Voice. Theatre credits include Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Jackson will be joined by Harry Lloyd, known to Game of Thrones fans as Viserys Targaryen in the HBO series and as Will Scarlett in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood. Other screen credits include, Doctor Who, and The Theory of Everything and he is soon to appear in an American TV adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s sci-fi dystopian novel Brave New World. Theatre credits include Good Canary at The Rose, Kingston and Ferdinand in The Duchess of Malfi at The Old Vic.
The Dumb Waiter, originally presented in Hampstead Theatre’s first ever season directed by its founder Artistic Director, James Roose Evans, received its world premiere in January 1960. Alice Hamilton will direct the 60th anniversary production, after her recent success at the theatre with the Olivier-nominated Every Day I Make Greatness Happen (2018) and Paradise (2019). Alice is co-Artistic Director of Up in Arms and other directing credits include Blood Wedding (Salisbury Playhouse), The Weatherman (Park Theatre) and While We’re Here (Bush Theatre). She will be joined by designer, James Perkins, with lighting design by James Whiteside and composition & sound design by Giles Thomas.
The Dumb Waiter will open Hampstead Classics, its spring/summer programme, to mark its 60th anniversary and celebrate its ambitious history as a new writing theatre. Featuring four bold plays which all premiered at the theatre, the productions will be performed in chronological order and staged on the thrust, by a variety of distinctive British directors. Sam Yates will make a highly anticipated return to Hampstead Theatre with Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play from 24 April until 23 May, founder and former Artistic Director of Eclipse Theatre Company Dawn Walton will direct Alfred Fagon’s remarkable tribute to the culture of London’s King’s Road in the 1970s, The Death of a Black Man running from 28 May until 27 June and Roxana Silbert, Hampstead Theatre’s Artistic Director, will direct Marsha Norman’s ground-breaking ‘night, Mother running from 2 July until 1 August.
LISTINGS
A Hampstead Theatre Production
THE DUMB WAITER
By Harold Pinter
Directed by Alice Hamilton
Design by James Perkins
Lighting by James Whiteside
Composition & Sound by Giles Thomas
Cast features Harry Lloyd & Philip Jackson
Dates: 19 March – 18 April 2020
Press night: Wednesday 25 March 2020 at 7pm
Address: Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, London, NW3 3EU
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Suggested Age Recommendation: 14+
TIMINGS
Monday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Wednesday Matinees: 2.30pm
Saturday Matiness: 3pm
TICKET PRICING FOR PREVIEWS, MONDAYS AND MATINEES:
Full Price: £18/£27/£30
Under 30s/Students: £10/£15*
Seniors (matinees only): £20/£25
Groups For every 9 tickets get the 10th free
Access: £16
MAIN STAGE TICKET PRICING FOR TUESDAY – SATURDAY EVENINGS:
Full price: £25/£32/£37
Under 30s/Students: £10/£15*
Groups For every 9 tickets get the 10th free
Access: £16
*Under 30s and Student concession seats are available in Band A (£15) & Band C (£10)
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About Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre was born in a humble hut over sixty years ago. Its simple mission was to create original theatre without creative restriction. It quickly attracted a generation of talent that helped to redefine British Theatre. That not only entertained but propelled the art form forwards. From Harold Pinter testing out his early plays here to the likes of Mike Leigh, Michael Frayn, Brian Friel and Terry Johnson – to name just a few. Original thinkers, every one.
Hampstead Theatre is still driven by the same ambition – to challenge, influence and shape the future of British theatre. From musicals like Sunny Afternoon to mould-breaking plays like The Arrest of Ai Weiwei and Chariots of Fire. It was the first to turn a theatre into an Olympic park and turned actors upside down in Mike Bartlett's Wild.
Hampstead Theatre left the hut a long time ago and now occupies one of London’s state-of-the-art theatres. Purpose-built for the 21st century to allow our writers, actors, directors and producers maximum creative flexibility.
Here’s to the future – it belongs to those who cherish originality.
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