The Hampstead Players are a notable amateur theatre group in north London, named after their base in Hampstead. It was founded in 1976. It produces three productions a year - spring, summer (usually Shakespeare) and autumn - in the parish church of St John-at-Hampstead. It also has a youth theatre wing, the Hampstead Players Youth Theatre (HPYT).
Productions Year Winter/Spring Summer Autumn HPYT1976The Rise and fall of manThe Lark1988As you like it1989The Importance of being Earnest1990Murder in the Cathedral1991The Glass Slipper1992The Winslow Boy1993The Linden Tree1994Follow the Star19951745 and All ThatJohn Keats Lived Here1996Measure for Measure1997Racing Demon1998Lewis Carroll's Alice (A)1999The Tempest2000Inherit the Wind2001HamletThe Crucible2002MacbethOliver!Dreams of Anne Frank2003Richard IIIAll My Sons2004A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Mystery Plays (A)2005Shakespeare's KingsArcadia2006The LarkJulius CaesarA Tale of Two Cities (A)Grimm Tales2007Paradise Lost (A)Twelfth NightThe Caucasian Chalk Circle2008We Happy FewMurder in the Cathedral2009Musica SacraIn collaboration with the church's choir, a dramatic and musical presentation of the history of Hampstead, its church and church choir, featuring Samuel Pepys, Henry Vane, Pelham Humfrey and Siegfried Sassoon and music by (among others) Humfrey, Henry Purcell, John Dunstable, and Edward Elgar.The Merchant of VeniceThe Sacred Flame2010Antony and CleopatraAn Ideal Husband2011The Winter's TaleFiddler on the Roof2012Under Milk WoodWaiting for GodotA Woman of No Importance2013Arsenic and Old LaceAs You Like ItThe Cherry Orchard2014The Way of the CrossAll's Well That Ends WellThe Man Born to Be King (A)2015Richard IIPride and Prejudice (A)2016Dangerous CornerThe AlchemistKing Lear2017PygmalionPersuasion (A)2018The BacchaeThe Government Inspector2019MacbethThe Sound Of Music2021 A Midsummer Night's Dream The Importance of being Earnest2022 Jukebox Cafe Much Ado About Nothing Blithe Spirit2023 Measure for Measure My Fair Lady2024 Romeo and Juliet Uncle Vanya2025 Blue Stockings Cyrano de Bergerac (A) = Adaptation
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External links Hampstead Players homepage