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House Of Games
Stepping in to help one of her patients settle his gambling debts, a psychoanalyst is drawn into the seedy underworld of a poker club.
Operated by The Society of London Theatre
House Of Games
Almeida Theatre, Almeida Street, LondonIn Richard Bean's adaptation of House Of Games, Harvard-educated psychoanalyst Margaret Ford is celebrated for her best selling book Driven! Compulsion and Obsession in Every Day Life.
Stepping in to help one of her patients settle his gambling debts, she compromises her professional reputation and is drawn into the seedy underworld of the House of Games poker club.
Seduced by charismatic hustler Mike, Margaret convinces herself that she can make an academic study of the con. Before she realises it, Margaret is entangled in a fast-paced complex thriller.
House Of Games is based on the screenplay by the renowned American author, playwright and screenwriter, David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, The Postman Always Rings Twice and The Untouchables).
Adapted by Richard Bean, the writer was last at the Almeida with his highly successful new version of Moliére's The Hypochondriac in 2005. He won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play for Harvest in 2005, and most recently wrote England People Very Nice at the National Theatre.
House Of Games is directed by Laurence Olivier Award-winning British theatre director, Lindsay Posner. Posner is best known for his work in the West End and was Associate Director of the Royal Court Theatre, where his production of Death And The Maiden won two Olivier Awards.
For more about House Of Games at the Almeida theatre read the First Night Feature or Big Interview with Richard Bean.
Cast & CreativesEXPAND
cast: Nancy Carroll, Trevor Cooper, Dermot Crowley, Amanda Drew, Peter De Jersey, Michael Landes, John Marquez, Al Weaver
director: Lindsay Posner
music by: Django Bates
lighting designer: Paul Pyant
designer: Peter Mackintosh
Ticket Prices:
£8-£32
About the show
- Age Suitability: General
- Genre: Play
- Sub-Genre: Play-Drama
- Show Times: Mon-Sat 19:30, Sat 15:00
- Duration: 1h30
- opening night:
- Box Office:
020 7359 4404 - Visit the Show Website
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Venue InformationHIDE
Almeida Theatre
Almeida Street, London, United Kingdom, N1 1TA
- Nearest tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington (800m)
- Nearest bus: 4, 19, 30, 43 (Route 43 is accessible)
- Nearest train: Highbury & Islington
- Parking: NCP at the Business Design Centre off Upper Street. Some parking available in streets adjoining Almeida Street. Drop off and pick up right outside main entrance. Patrons welcome to use a private phone to arrange pick up.
- Air conditioned: 1
- Download an Enabled Map
Venue Access InformationEXPAND
- How to book: TEL 020 7359 4404 ACCESS INFO. 020 7288 4999 EMAIL access@almeida.co.uk
- Discounts: available for all disabled people and their companions.
- Limited mobility: 23 seats in the front row offer the best leg room.
- Access description: Level access to foyer through automatic sliding doors or through double glass doors opening both ways. Wheelchair users can push a button to open the sliding doors. Box Office with lowered counter in the foyer. Stalls down 6 steps or a sloped walkway. Access to circle via 2 staircases of 27 steps each with handrails on each side. Good signage throughout. The floors in the foyer are concrete.
- Hearing impaired: Infra-red assisted hearing system in the auditorium and an Induction Loop in the Box Office
- Guide dogs policy: Allowed into auditorium - please book an aisle seat. Staff are also happy to dog sit.
- Wheelchairs: 2 spaces for wheelchair/scooter users in the stalls. 8 wheelchair and scooter transfer spaces are available to aisle seats in rows A and B – escorts not required. Theatre also provides 1 wheelchair for loan. Auditorium is carpeted.
- Toilets: Accessible men’s and women’s in the foyer, each with 1 cubicle that is wider and has handrails for people with mobility difficulties.
- Disabled toilets: Adapted toilets inside the foyer by the lift.
- Bars: Level access to Café Bar located just off the foyer area. The Café Bar has wooden floors, moveable seating and offers table service. Section of bar counter is wheelchair accessible (80cm high). Menu available on blackboard written in white chalk and in large print. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium.
