The Urmetazoan
Hampstead Theatre
Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 3EU
Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 3EU
Running Time
TBC
Running Since
Fri, 18 September 2026
Booking Until Sat, 24 October 2026
Important Information
| Monday | - | 19:45 | - |
| Tuesday | - | 19:45 | - |
| Wednesday | - | 19:45 | - |
| Thursday | 14:45 | 19:45 | - |
| Friday | - | 19:45 | - |
| Saturday | 14:45 | 19:45 | - |
| Sunday | - | - | - |
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‘Your sister’s problem was she got to see how big the universe was. But she thought that made all of us small’
Sisters are strange – a collision of opposites and alignments, pulling and pushing away from each other. Alice and Abigail are no different. Alice got their mother’s looks; Abigail got her sense of humour. Alice has a Nobel Prize for Medicine; Abigail likes to get stoned on the sofa. Abigail is a homebody; Alice is preparing to leave the earth forever on a one-way mission to deep space.
When the sisters rediscover the joy of being in each other's orbit, the concept of a goodbye becomes much harder than either of them anticipated. But the countdown has already started…
A graduate of Hampstead’s Inspire Programme, Alex Rugman is an award-winning writer and co-artistic director of Freight Theare. Previous work includes How To Save A Rock (Pleasance Theatre), Move Fast and Break Things (Camden People’s Theatre) and An Investigation (Peckham Fringe). Anna Ledwich returns to Hampstead, where her previous credits include Bird Grove, The Billionaire Inside Your Head, and the Olivier nominated productions of Dry Powder and Four Minutes Twelve Seconds.
Captioned:
- Wednesday, 21st October, 7:45pm
- Tuesday, 22nd October, 2:45pm
Touch Tour:
- Saturday, 24th October, 7:45pm
Hampstead Theatre
Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, London, NW3 3EU
We have a modern auditorium which has been designed to be as flexible as possible in both staging and seating configurations.
The seating capacity can range up to 325, in a variety of formats. There are two main seating areas: Ground Floor (stalls) and Upstairs (circle). On the Ground Floor there is also a mezzanine level, the back row of which are stool seats: higher seats complete with footrests.
Movable seating blocks also allow for the auditorium to be changed from a more traditional end-on configuration with a raised stage, to thrust or traverse layouts where the audience is level with the performance area.
The forestage can be raised, or lowered to allow for an orchestra pit. The main section of stage can also be raised or lowered to change the relationship between performers and audience or to create a rake on stage, and contains removable sections for creating traps. The auditorium is fully air-conditioned.
The seating capacity can range up to 325, in a variety of formats. There are two main seating areas: Ground Floor (stalls) and Upstairs (circle). On the Ground Floor there is also a mezzanine level, the back row of which are stool seats: higher seats complete with footrests.
Movable seating blocks also allow for the auditorium to be changed from a more traditional end-on configuration with a raised stage, to thrust or traverse layouts where the audience is level with the performance area.
The forestage can be raised, or lowered to allow for an orchestra pit. The main section of stage can also be raised or lowered to change the relationship between performers and audience or to create a rake on stage, and contains removable sections for creating traps. The auditorium is fully air-conditioned.
