Shelagh Stephenson

  • Enlightenment – Hampstead Theatre

    Enlightenment – a. The act or a means of enlightening  or b. The state of being enlightened. Sadly Edward Hall’s debut as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre does neither. Shelagh Stephenson’s latest play Enlightenment kicks of Hall’s tenure at Swiss Cottage. Billed as a physiological thriller it looks good on paper; parents struggling to come…

  • Hampstead Theatre

    How time flies; back in 1994 I worked at Hampstead Theatre as a lowly Assistant Stage Manager on Dead Funny in their wonderfully intimate, but let’s be honest, glorified shed of a theatre. Despite the ageing building, the theatre built a reputation for quality shows, a large number heading down the Jubilee line into the…