The production will run at the theatre along with the premieres of three new plays.
The Hampstead Theatre has announced that Tom Stoppard’s play Jumpers will be revived later this year.
Blanche McIntyre will direct this revival follows Hampstead Theatre’s record-breaking revivals of Stoppard’s Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Hapgood. It will play the theatre’s main stage from the 25 November 2026 to 23 January 2027, with a press night on Monday 7th December.
Meanwhile, Alex Rugman’s The Urmetazoan will receive its world premiere, directed by Anna Ledwich. The play, which will run from the 18th September until the 24th October, follows the complex bond between two very different sisters who reconnect while facing an unimaginable goodbye.
Following Bellringers in 2024 playwright Daisy Hall returns to Hampstead Downstairs with the world premiere of Dogstar – a darkly comic tale set aboard an icebound whaling ship where the crew are dropping like flies, mutiny brews and strange visions spread. Performances are from 30th October to 5th December, with a press night on Monday 9th November.
Multi-award-winning writer Lauren Yee‘s acerbic comedy Mother Russia receives its UK premiere following a smash-hit run at New York’s Signature Theater earlier this year. Set in St. Petersburg in 1992, in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the play follows two friends who stumble into working in surveillance. It plays Hampstead Downstairs from 11 December to 30 January, with a press night on Thursday 17th December.
These four productions join the previously announced European premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical, Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori. Starring Maria Friedman and directed by Michael Longhurst it plays on the Main Stage from 28th August to 7th November.
Hampstead Theatre’s Producer and Chief Executive, Greg Ripley-Duggan said: “Bringing Jumpers back to London after more than 20 years is tremendously exciting, particularly as we continue to celebrate an extraordinary playwright whose work has become such a vital part of Hampstead Theatre’s recent history. Alongside it, we’re proud to present three brilliantly original new plays by playwrights who are beginning to make a name for themselves. Together they reflect everything we strive for at Hampstead Theatre and speak to our enduring commitment to great writing.”
To find out more and to book tickets visit: https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/