Alice Hamilton

The Women's Prize For Playwriting Returns For 2025 With First Prize Of £20,000
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2024

The Women’s Prize for Playwriting, produced by Ellie Keel and Paines Plough, today announces its return for 2025. This year sees the largest ever prize fund for WPP with a first prize of £20,000.

Video: KING JAMES at Hampstead Theatre Trailer
by Blair Ingenthron - Nov 30, 2024

Watch the trailer for King James by Rajiv Joseph, running now at Hampstead Theatre in the video here! Directed by Alice Hamilton, the production stars Ényì Okoronkwo and Sam Mitchell.

Review Roundup: KING JAMES at Hampstead Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 25, 2024

See what the critics are saying about King James at Hampstead Theatre. Read the reviews for the production of the play by Rajiv Joseph and learn more!

Review: KING JAMES, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Nov 22, 2024

We all know that sport is easily the most straightforward gateway for male friendships. Whether it’s watching any sort of match or meeting up for a five-a-side game, so many men only bond when they’re supporting the same team. Rajiv Joseph builds King James at the intersection between the human need to be social and healthy sportsmanship.

Review Roundup: THE LIGHTEST ELEMENT at Hampstead Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2024

See what the critics are saying about The Lightest Element at Hampstead Theatre. Read the reviews and learn more about the production.

Review: THE HARMONY TEST, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - May 24, 2024

Good writing doesn’t have to explode off the stage, but can gently lull you with buckets of charm and laser point focus.

Orange Tree Theatre Announces New Ot Associate Artists In First Cohort Under Artistic Director Tom Littler
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 15, 2024

Orange Tree Theatre has announced 10 new artistic associates, marking the first cohort under the leadership of Artistic Director Tom Littler.

Review: OUT OF SEASON, Hampstead Theatre
by Alexander Cohen - Feb 23, 2024

The odd-couple set up is a well worn path, but there’s more than meets the eye to Neil D’Souza’s bittersweet comedy.

19th Annual Olwen Wymark Awards Winners Revealed
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2023

WGGB presents its annual awards for the encouragement of new writing in London on Friday 1 December 2023.

Hampstead Theatre Announces New Spring Season
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Nov 23, 2023

Spring 2024 will see four world premieres, one UK premiere, and one English language premiere by acclaimed writers including April De Angelis, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Christopher Hampton and Richard Nelson alongside rising playwrights Sarah Power and Richard Molloy.

Review: NINETEEN GARDENS, Hampstead Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Nov 10, 2023

Nineteen Gardens is one of those layered pieces. Some will see a callous attempt at arbitrary retaliation, others will find an extremely detailed representation of English society. An excellent chance for discussion.

Magdalena Miecznicka to Make Playwriting Debut at Hampstead Theatre
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Sep 27, 2023

Magdalena Miecznicka is set to make her playwriting debut at Hampstead Theatre with Nineteen Gardens, an intimate two-hander directed by Alice Hamilton and starring Olivia Le Andersen and David Sturzaker. 

Tom Stoppard and Richard Bean Feature in Hampstead Theatre's New Season
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 18, 2023

Hampstead Theatre has announced a full season of eight new productions beginning on 7 September 2023 and running until 16 March 2024.

Review: ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS, Finborough Theatre
by Gary Naylor - Feb 3, 2023

A powerful, hour-long work that uses repetition, poetry and disorientation to take us inside the minds of those who risk everything to escape their homeland.

ONE WHO WANTS TO CROSS has its UK Premiere at the Finborough Theatre This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2023

Alice Hamilton directs the UK premiere of One Who Wants To Cross by award-winning French playwright Marc-Emmanuel Soriano at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 (Press Nights: Thursday, 2 February 2023 and Friday, 3 February 2023 at 7.30 pm).

Jermyn Street Theatre Announces Programming for First Half of 2023 Featuring Four World Premieres
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 5, 2022

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced a six-month programme of work for the first half of 2023.  Continuing from where the current Temptation Season left off and exploring the many sides of promise - vows made, kept and broken and the hope of great things to come - this vibrant body of work contains four world premieres and a major rediscovery. 

Ian Gelder, Christopher Godwin & More to Star in SOMETHING IN THE AIR World Premiere at Jermyn Street Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 8, 2022

Jermyn Street Theatre has announced the cast for the world premiere of Peter Gill’s Something in the Air.  The production, which runs from 13 October to 12 November, will feature Ian Gelder (Game of Thrones, The Model Apartment – Theatre Royal Bath) as Alex, and more.

Jermyn Street Theatre Announces Summer and Autumn Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2022

Today, Jermyn Street Theatre announces a six-month programme featuring six world premieres and a major rediscovery. The Footprints Festival returns in July, headlined by Karina Wiedman's The Anarchist, winner of the Woven Voices Prize for Playwriting.

Paul Miller To Step Down As Orange Tree Theatre Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2022

Orange Tree Theatre Artistic Director, Paul Miller, today announces he will be stepping down from his role at the South-West London theatre in the coming year.

Hampstead Theatre Announces The World Premiere Of LITTLE SCRATCH and FOLK
by Stephi Wild - Sep 29, 2021

Katie Mitchell will direct Miriam Battye's compelling adaptation of little scratch.  Adapted from Rebecca Watson's debut novel, little scratch is a fearless and exhilarating account of a woman's consciousness over the course of 24 hours.  Moronkẹ Akinola, Eleanor Henderson, Eve Ponsonby and Ragevan Vasan will perform in this production from 5 November until 11 December.