Starting today Hampstead Theatre and The Guardian are to re-release free live stream recordings of Mike Bartlett’s Wild, Beth Steel’s Wonderland and Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line .
Available to watch on theguardian.com and Hampstead Theatre’s YouTube channel, the three productions will be made available over three consecutive weeks as part of the theatre’s HampsteadTheatreAtHome series.
Week 1, from Monday 30 March 10am to Sunday 5 April 10pm (GMT), will feature Mike Bartlett’s Wild (2016). Directed by James Macdonald, this darkly comic play explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level, inspired by the case of Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who copied and leaked classified information from the US National Security Agency in 2013. Cast Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jack Farthing, John Mackay
Available to watch on theguardian.com and Hampstead Theatre’s YouTube channel, the three productions will be made available over three consecutive weeks as part of the theatre’s HampsteadTheatreAtHome series.
Week 1, from Monday 30 March 10am to Sunday 5 April 10pm (GMT), will feature Mike Bartlett’s Wild (2016). Directed by James Macdonald, this darkly comic play explores the unexpected, bewildering, and life-changing consequences of challenging the status quo at a global level, inspired by the case of Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who copied and leaked classified information from the US National Security Agency in 2013. Cast Caoilfhionn Dunne, Jack Farthing, John Mackay
Week 2, from Monday 6 April, 10am - Sunday 12 April, 10pm (GMT) will feature Beth Steel’s Wonderland (2014). Directed by the theatre’s previous Artistic Director, Edward Hall, this epic and witty drama takes a look at the clashing ideologies during the UK’s Miners' Strike of 1984–85 and presents the full sweep of the turbulent events that transformed the country. Cast Nigel Betts, Paul Brennen, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, Gunnar
Cauthery, Paul Cawley, Michael Cochrane, Ben-Ryan Davies, Andrew Havill,
David Moorst, Paul Rattray, Andrew Readman, Simon Slater
Week 3, from Monday 13 April, 10am – Sunday 19 April, 10pm (GMT) will feature Howard Brenton’s Drawing the Line (2013). Directed by the late Howard Davies, the play features a large ensemble, and tells the story of the chaotic partitioning of India in 1947 whilst celebrating the strength of humanity. Cast David Annen, Paul Bazely, Tom Beard, Lucy Black, Silas
Carson, Abigail Cruttenden, Neil D'Souza, Tanveer Ghani, Andrew Havill,
Salma Hoque, Rez Kempton, John Mackay, Simon Nagra, Nikesh Patel,
Brendan Patricks, Shalini Peiris, Peter Singh
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