The Standard of Living
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Running Time
TBC
Running Since
Mon, 21 September 2026
Booking Until Sat, 12 December 2026
Important Information
| Monday | - | 19:00 |
| Tuesday | - | 19:00 |
| Wednesday | - | 19:00 |
| Thursday | 14:30 | 19:00 |
| Friday | - | 19:30 |
| Saturday | 14:30 | 19:30 |
| Sunday | - | - |
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Can you put a price on happiness, beauty and love?
A brand new world-premiere play from the Olivier Award-winning playwright, James
Graham (Punch, Dear England, Labour of Love) explodes into the West End for a
strictly limited 12-week run.
Directed by multi award-winner Nicholas Hytner (The History Boys, One Man, Two
Guvnors, Giant) and starring Olivier Award winner Rory Kinnear (Skyfall, The
Diplomat) and Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova in her West End debut, this
blazing new play tells the astonishing story of rebel economist and member of the
Bloomsbury Group, John Maynard Keynes.
Husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova. Lover to Duncan Grant. Friend to Virginia
Woolf. Keynes moves between the corridors of power in Whitehall and the
intoxicating freedom of a radical circle of artists, writers and lovers - all determined to
live differently.
But as markets crash, old systems crumble and Britain teeters on the edge of chaos,
one question begins to consume him:
What is a good life?
Alive with music, dance, desire and debate, The Standard of Living is a thrilling,
funny and deeply moving portrait of a man who dared to imagine something better
.
Opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 September for a strictly limited 12-
week season.
Theatre Royal Haymarket
Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Access description: Main entrance up three 15cm steps (staircases have handrails on both sides and are highlighted) through a set of double swing doors. Box Office counter to the right of the entrance. 18 steps down from the foyer to the Stalls, 28 steps up to the Royal Circle, and 60+ steps up to the Upper Circle and Gallery, through a separate entrance to the right of the main entrance. 4 steps in to each box.
Sound Amplification: Sennheiser infra-red system with 20 headsets.
Guide Dogs: Guide dogs are not allowed into the auditorium but up to 6 can be looked after in the manager’s office.
Disabled Access: No steps to the auditorium through EXIT doors to the left and righthand side of the main entrance – please tell the Box Office in advance and they will be opened for you. 1 space for a wheelchair user at X18. The venue is suitable for scooters. Transfer seating available to any aisle seat for 1 scooter and 4 wheelchairs. The theatre can store 1 scooter and 4 wheelchairs per performance.
Toilets: Women’s and men’s are down 11 steps from the foyer and at Royal Circle and Upper Circle level.
Disabled Toilets: Adapted toilet at Stalls entrance on street level
