Hampstead Theatre unveils 2025 autumn season, including Tom Stoppard, The Assembled Parties and more

Hampstead Theatre has announced its autumn 2025 season.

On the main stage, the season begins with the UK premiere of The Assembled Parties by Richard Greenberg (17 October to 22 November). Originally staged on Broadway in 2013, the play explores a Jewish family’s shifting fortunes over two decades. Tracy-Ann Oberman leads the cast in a production directed by Blanche McIntyre, who returns to Hampstead following recent work on The Invention of Love.

Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink follows, in its first major UK revival since 1995 (3 December to 31 January). The play moves between 1930s India and 1980s England, examining cultural exchange, art, and memory. Felicity Kendal, who originated the role of Flora Crewe, returns to the play to perform as Mrs Swan. Jonathan Kent directs the production, his first collaboration with Stoppard. A gala performance will be held on 24 January 2026 in support of Hampstead Theatre, and the show will transfer to Theatre Royal Bath following its London run.

Downstairs, three world premieres feature across the season. Will Lord’s debut, The Billionaire Inside Your Head (19 September to 25 October), directed by Anna Ledwich, is set in a corporate basement where two friends navigate ambition, routine, and the challenges of workplace hierarchies.

Nancy Farino’s first play, Fatherland (31 October to 29 November), directed by Tessa Walker, follows a father and daughter on a road trip to Ireland as they confront personal and familial tensions.

Jamie Armitage returns as writer and director with A Ghost in Your Ear (6 December 2025 to 24 January 2026), created with sound designers Ben and Max Ringham. The play uses binaural sound to immerse audiences in a recording studio setting where fiction and reality begin to blur.

Offstage, playwright Simon Stephens will join Hampstead as programme director for its Inspire initiative, supporting emerging writers. Carmen Nasr will lead a writing project in partnership with Wac Arts, focused on intergenerational collaboration.