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Had plans for next Saturday night? Cancel them. We are hugely happy to say that our production of Hamlet will be aired on BBC2 on Saturday 31st March at 9pm!
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Mary Joseph started working with us in 1995 as a cleaner. For the last 15 years she has worked Front of House selling thousands of programmes, scripts and ice creams.
She has just accepted
@TheStage
Unsung Hero Award and we couldn't be more proud! 👏
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Congratulations to Andrew Scott, winner of Best Shakespearean Performance for
#Hamlet
at the
#CriticsCircleAwards
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Best of luck to the whole Macbeth team on their first preview tonight 🖤
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📢🎥 Macbeth Live Stream 🎥📢
We’re thrilled to announce we will broadcast The Tragedy of Macbeth live for 5 performances only.
From 27 - 30 Oct
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👇 Just in: James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan in our new artwork for Macbeth
📷
#SebastianNevols
Concept by Émilie Chen
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‘What do you do with your education now that you have it?’
Andrew Scott reads the words of Edith Sampson
#FiguresOfSpeech
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Huge congratulations to the whole Hamlet team for winning Best Play Revival at the
#WOSAwards
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We’re so sad to hear of the death of Helen McCrory.
She will be greatly missed and our thoughts go out to her family.
We were privileged that Helen performed at the Almeida a number of times in her career, most recently in Ibsen’s Rosmersholm in 2008.
📸 Johan Persson
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Big congratulations to Paul Mescal on his Best Actor nomination for Aftersun 👏👏👏
#Oscars95
#OscarNoms
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Tobias Menzies discusses his stage work, including The Hunt and Uncle Vanya at the Almeida, playing Prince Philip in The Crown and his aspirations to direct.
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Helen met her husband Damian Lewis at the Almeida in 2003 while they were performing together in Joanna Laurens' play Five Gold Rings.
📸 John Haynes
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We have an exciting
#Hamlet
announcement this morning, here's
#AndrewScott
to tell you more:
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ghost/devil
acting/madness
be/not be
Tickets for the transfer of
#Hamlet
with
#AndrewScott
go on sale 12pm Thursday
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Rounding off
#FiguresOfSpeech
this week
@IanMcKellen
reads
#HarveyMilk
, a speech celebrating our differences & offering a message of hope.
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5 years ago, 66 artists read all 18,255 lines of The Iliad.
Starting at 9am the
@britishmuseum
and ending more than 15 hours later at the Almeida. It was watched by more than 50,000 people across the world.
You can relive the entire day here
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Very excited that our production of Albion will be broadcast as part of the BBC’s Culture in Quarantine.
Watch this space for more news about other projects soon...
The BBC has announced plans to provide a "virtual festival of the arts" featuring new plays written especially for broadcast and recorded performances of shows including Mike Bartlett's Albion and Emma Rice's Wise Children
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F I V E S T A R S 👇
★★★★★
“Saoirse Ronan breathes new life into timeless words”
@Independent
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
Full cast joining Saoirse Ronan and James McArdle just announced 👇
Huge welcome everyone! 🙌
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Our ★★★★★ production of
#SummerAndSmoke
is heading to the West End. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday
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In 2017 Andrew Scott takes to the Almeida stage as
#Hamlet
with
@Juliet945600
as Gertrude, directed by
@robertwicke
:
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Time to say goodbye to our fantastic Macbeth company.
It’s been an amazing run - playing to sold out audiences in the theatre and to people across the world via our live streams. Thanks to everyone involved for all the hard work 👏👏👏
Final bow tonight ❤
📸
@StephClaireUK
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25 and under? Book a £5 ticket from today for
#Against
,
@chris_shinn
's new play, with a cast including
#BenWhishaw
.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us to watch our first live streamed performance of Macbeth ❤️
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Almeida ➜ West End
We’re happy to announce that our ★★★★★ production of A Streetcar Named Desire will transfer to
@Phoenix_Ldn
for six weeks only from 20 March 🙌
Patsy Ferran, Paul Mescal, Anjana Vasan and Dwane Walcott reprise their roles.
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Break a leg to our wonderful
#Hamlet
company who have their final performance in the West End tonight!
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👏👏👏👏
It's a wrap!
Thanks everyone for joining us from so many places across the globe 🌎🥰
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While Coronavirus has forced our doors to close, we are keeping the memory of the theatre alive through a new series of podcasts with some recent Almeida artists, including Matt Smith, Noma Dumezweni and Tobias Menzies.
Listen from Sat 23 May
🎧
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All at the Almeida are sad to hear of the death of Tim Pigott-Smith. Great friend to us all & a formidable talent. He will be sorely missed.
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To die, to sleep;
To sleep, perchance to dream
🤯It's five years since our Hamlet with Andrew Scott, directed by Robert Icke.
We thought we’d celebrate and look back at ‘that’ iconic scene 💀
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Congratulations and massive thanks to everyone involved in Macbeth’s opening night 👏🖤
Here’s another look at the show on stage 👇
📸
@brennerphotos
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We are so sad to hear of the passing of actor Marcello Magni. Marcello appeared on the Almeida stage many times, most recently earlier this year in The Chairs. He will be greatly missed. We send deepest condolences to Kathryn and all his family and friends.
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Massive thanks to everyone who tuned in to watch Macbeth with us tonight 🥰
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🚨 Streetcar West End For Free 🚨
We’re excited to announce a free performance of A Streetcar Named Desire at
@Phoenix_Ldn
with 500 tickets available for anyone aged 25 or under 🙌
📅 On Tues 2 May at 2pm
Booking opens 5pm tomorrow >>
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Pearl Mackie reads Angela Davis' speech The Gates to Freedom from June 1972
Full speech>>
#BlackLivesMatter
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Two queens.
One in power.
One in prison.
It's all in the execution.
In January 2018
#MaryStuart
will be transferring to the West End.
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"What do you do with your education now that you have it?
Choice 1 - Put your diploma in a convenient drawer, and close the drawer."
Andrew Scott reads Edith Sampson's speech Choose one of Five.
#ALevelResults
Full speech >>
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And congratulations to Andrew Scott for his nomination for Best Actor, and Tom Gibbons for Best Sound Design for
#Hamlet
in the
#OlivierAwards
.
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We stand in solidarity with the Black activists and protestors who are fighting against injustice
#blacklivesmatter
Today we share speeches from Black political activists of the past and Young Leaders of today, filmed as part of our Figures of Speech project in 2017 & 2018
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“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
First look inside rehearsals for Macbeth 👇
📷
@brennerphotos
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#FiguresOfSpeech
will continue later this summer, with a second series of films ft. actors including
@Pearlie_mack
.
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‘Who has ever made a mistake that they’ve regretted?’
Amanda Abbington reads the words of Monica Lewinsky
#FiguresOfSpeech
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First look at Tobias Menzies in our poster image for The Hunt
Tickets on general sale Thursday >>
⠀
📸 by Nadav Kander
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"The rest is silence."
Break a leg to our wonderful
#Hamlet
cast and crew who have their final performance at the Almeida tonight!
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"The central issue of how a group deals with a very traumatic accusation feels...pretty live."
Tobias Menzies gives
@thestandardarts
an insight into The Hunt - previewing from Monday.
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♪ Everyone at once ♪
Since we didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to Tammy Faye, we thought we’d give you a little something to cheer you up 👇
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We are joining theatres and event venues across the UK for
#LightItInRed
#WeMakeEvents
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork
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Saturday was a special night. We became a theatre audience from our sofas and immersed ourselves in the magic of 'Hamlet' together. Here are some of our favourite reactions of yours to the show ⚡️ “Hamlet on BBC Two” by
@AlmeidaTheatre
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Saoirse Ronan makes her UK stage debut as Lady Macbeth, opposite James McCardle in the title role.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Directed by
@yfarber
25 Sept - 20 Nov
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Final day of The Hunt in New York 👏
Well done to the whole team who took the show across the pond and thanks to everyone who went to see it at
@stannswarehouse
💚
#TheHuntSAW
#AlmeidaTheatre
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ghost / devil
acting /madness
be / not be
Here's a glimpse into the rehearsal room for
#Hamlet
.
For more visit:
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We're thrilled to announce that our production of INK will be heading stateside and will open on Broadway next year
#INKBroadway
@MTC_NYC
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Well done to the entire Spring Awakening team for getting the show back on stage tonight
👏👏👏
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Break a leg to the incredible cast, creatives and crew of The Tragedy of Macbeth on their press performance tonight 🖤
📸
@brennerphotos
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Happy Pride London 🏳️🌈
"I use the word "I" because I'm proud"
Sir Ian McKellen reads Harvey Milk's 'Hope Speech'
Watch the full speech >>
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"It's a living, breathing thing."
#Hamlet
cast including
#AndrewScott
and director
@robertwicke
discuss performing Shakespeare.
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📢 ANNOUCEMENT 📢
This December we are bringing back live performances to our reconfigured socially-distanced auditorium
#BackOnStage
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Alex Lawther (The End of the F*cking World, The Jungle) plays Hamlet.
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Today! 📺
Tune in to BBC Four at 8pm to watch Yaël Farber’s Olivier Award-nominated production of The Tragedy of Macbeth, with James McArdle and Saoirse Ronan.
★★★★★ Independent ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage ★★★★★ Metro ★★★★★ Sunday Express
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Amara Okereke and
@lauriekynaston
play Wendla and Melchior in a revival of the multi award-winning musical.
Spring Awakening
Directed by
@RupertGoold
Music by
@TheDuncanSheik
; Book and Lyrics by
@StevenSater
30 Nov - 22 Jan
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On 14 August
#AndrewScott
and director
@robertwicke
talk staging
#Hamlet
in a free pre-show event.
To book:
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"I reach out to you with my broken, trembling hands and beg..."
@TobiasMenzies
reads the desperate and heart wrenching speech ‘Give Me Your Children’ by Chaim Rumkowski
#FiguresOfSpeech
. Watch in full >
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We'd like to say a huge thank you and congratulations to the 'Summer and Smoke' company! Tonight's their last performance and we know they'll be incredible, as ever.
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🚨 ANNOUNCING 🚨
The world premiere of Sam Holcroft’s A Mirror, featuring Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting), Tanya Reynolds (Sex Education) & Micheal Ward (Top Boy)
An elusive and explosive new play interrogating censorship, authorship and free speech
🪞
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Arrogant, reckless and vain. Weak leadership sends the kingdom into disarray and the court into uproar
#NoConfidence
The Tragedy of King Richard the Second until 2 Feb
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It’s Day One of rehearsals, and we’re excited to announce the full cast for
@roberticke
’s upcoming production of
#Hamlet
.
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What do you do with your education?: Choice two.
#FiguresOfSpeech
#andrewscott
New speech featuring
@CHIMPSINSOCKS
released tomorrow.
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Silicon Valley.
The future.
A rocket launches.
#Against
by Christopher Shinn. Directed by Ian Rickson. Cast includes
#BenWhishaw
.
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Andrew Scott reads the words of Edith Sampson
‘What do you do with your education now that you have it?’
#alevelresults2018
Watch the full video >>
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"To talk in my own voice as much as possible"
#AndrewScott
discusses his first Shakespearean lead in
@HamletWestEnd
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Tonight on Sky Arts see Andrew Scott (who played Hamlet at the Almeida last year) head to the
@britishlibrary
and check out the oldest known copy of Hamlet in Treasures of the British Library
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Rebecca Frecknall’s new production of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.
Featuring Paul Mescal, Anjana Vasan and Lydia Wilson.
🚃
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Congratulations to our Artistic Director
@rupertgoold
who today received a CBE for services to drama.
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We're delighted to have been shortlisted for London Theatre of the Year at this year’s
#TheStageAwards
.
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Say hello to the full cast of Tammy Faye who have just started rehearsals 💙
Tickets on sale from 31 Aug >>
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🤩 NEW SEASON 🤩
Four new productions and other exciting projects coming up 👇
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Bertie Carvel is to reprise his Olivier Award winning performance as Rupert Murdoch when Ink (directed by Rupert Goold) heads to Broadway
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Our theatre has had many lives. Built in 1837 it began as the Islington Literary and Scientific Society, the Salvation Army bought it in 1890 and owned it for 65 years, it was then briefly a factory and showroom and then finally, in 1980, it opened as a theatre
#LondonHistoryDay
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✨ It’s Press Night ✨
Wishing the Tammy Faye cast, creatives and crew all the best for tonight 💖💅
📸
@brennerphotos
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Nice to see our Hamlet (Andrew Scott) come along to Summer and Smoke Press Night at
@dukeofyorksLDN
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