The new season at Hampstead Theatre (which is actually located in Swiss Cottage, not Hampstead) has been announced. It is as follows:

Hand in Hand:
by Simon Block and directed by Gemma Bodinetz
Feb. 14 to March 16
The world premiere of Hand in Hand, a Hampstead Theatre commission and Simon Block's third play to be presented at Hampstead Theatre. Commitment and trust are hard won in the Middle East - harder still in personal relationships, as one young man discovers on his return home after several years in Israel.

Bones:
by Peter Straughan and directed by Max Roberts
20 March to 13 April
A co-production with Live Theatre, Bones will run for four weeks in Newcastle prior to its London premiere at Hampstead Theatre.

A high octane comedy set in the sixties: two brothers, proprietors of a tatty Gateshead cinema, dishing up tame porn, confront their hopeless future. But when a London gangster of mythical status bursts on the scene, their lives are turned upside down - forever.
April to June to be announced

After The Gods:
by Steve Waters and directed by Gemma Bodinetz
June 6 to July 6
After The Gods was developed while Steve Waters was the Pearson Writer in Residence at Hampstead Theatre. A complex web of gender politics, sexual experiment and professional rivalry set on the bloody battlefield of an academic conference where language is misused, reputations ruined - and lives destroyed.

Abigail's Party:
by Mike Leigh and directed by David Grindley
July 10 to Aug. 26
Mike Leigh's multi-award winning play was originally produced at Hampstead Theatre, first in 1977 and then again in 1978, both times with Alison Steadman. The film of the play became a cult hit on television and spawned numerous productions all over the world. It is now a GCSE set text.

Embarrassment, hysteria and pathos as Beverley and Laurence invite the neighbors round for drinks in this unflinching look at the pretensions of the nouveau riche.

—by Theatrenow