Amongst Friends

Showing at: Hampstead Theatre

Box Office: 020 7722 9301

Age: General

Genre: Play

Sub Genre: Satire

Amongst Friends centres on a successful and happy couple, journalist Lara and her ex-MP and crime writer husband Richard. Having moved to a fashionable 'gated community', they invite their old neighbours Caitlin and Joe to dinner. When the security system fails, an uninvited guest descends and the dinner party takes quite a different turn.

Amongst Friends is a darkly comic social satire, poking fun at modern day fears and double standards.

Playwright April De Angelis's other plays include Catch, Hush and Wild East for the Royal Court, A Warwickshire Testimony for the Royal Shakespeare Company and A Laughing Matter for Out Of Joint. Her play The Positive Hour premiered at the Hampstead in 1997.

Amongst Friends is the second new play in Hampstead theatre's 50th anniversary season and is directed by Artistic Director Anthony Clark.

Performance Details

  • previews from: 21 May 2009
  • opening night: 26 May 2009
  • closing: 13 Jun 2009

show times: Mon-Sat 19:30, mats 30 May, 6, 13 Jun 15:00, 3 Jun 14:30

ticket prices: £15-£25

 

author: April De Angelis

director: Anthony Clark

designer: Patrick Connellan

producer: Hampstead theatre

 

map: View Map

address: Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, United Kingdom, NW3 3EU

nearest tube: Swiss Cottage (outside theatre)

nearest bus: C11, 13, 31, 46, 82, 113, 187, 268 (mobility buses)

nearest train: South Hampstead (approx. 500m)

parking: Car parking near theatre is free in the evenings. Taxis drop off and pick up right outside main entrance. Patrons welcome to use a private phone to arrange pick up.

air conditioned: Yes

 

Assisted Performance Booking Information

Access Booking: Tel: 020 7722 9301 Fax: 020 7449 4201

Accessible Facilities Venue Information

discounts: Discounts available for all disabled theatregoers and their companions.

limited mobility: Seats in the centre stalls have slightly better leg room. Proviing there are no wheelchair users, seats G1, G2, G3, G4 have unlimited leg room - phone first to be certain of availability. Rows F, G and H are best.

access description: Main entrance at ground floor level, with one door assisted and appropriately signed. Hard flooring for effective wheeled traffic, and the two glass doors and walls are marked for improved visibility. Low level Box Office/reception counter (0.95m) on the right, inside foyer. Lift with low level controls, Braille and voice announcements serving all 3 levels to the right beyond the bar in the foyer. Access to Stalls on ground level via a slight ramp (25 steps front to back) and 22 steps up to the upper foyer to access the Circle (9 steps up to back). Stairlift available.

hearing impaired: Infra-red system in auditorium and induction loop at Box Office and bar.

guide dogs policy: 2 Guide dogs allowed into auditorium, alternatively staff are happy to dog sit in the foyer.

wheelchairs: 5 wheelchair spaces and 4 transfer seats are available in the Stalls.

toilets: Men's, women's on all levels, all with level access.

disabled toilets: Adapted toilets on all 3 levels.

bars: Cafébar in foyer with low level counter (0.95m), induction loop and moveable seating. Menu available in large print - please ask. Drinks may be brought to disabled customers in the auditorium.

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