Performance

Venue	Hampstead Theatre
	Other spaces: Michael Frayn Space/Hampstead Downstairs
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	5th September 2024
Opened	12th September 2024
To	12th October 2024
When	19:30. Sep 12 at 19:00. Sat Mats 14:30 (from Sep 14). Thu Mats 14:30 (from Sep 19)
What is currently on at Hampstead Theatre (V202)

The Lightest Element

T0784256797
Boston, 1956. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, one of the most eminent astronomers of the twentieth century, is about to be appointed Chair of Astronomy and the first woman to head a Harvard department. Only two things stand in her way: a covert investigation aimed at exposing her as a communist sympathiser, and the entrenched conservatism of her male colleagues. When a student journalist asks to profile her it feels like an opportunity to control her own narrative - assuming, of course, that the invitation is actually what it seems...

Author

Stella Feehily

Archive :: production:T0784256797, play:S1245647786, venue:V202

Production details

World Premiere.

Special Performances

8 Oct 24 Captioned
12 Oct 24 Audio Described

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Hampstead Theatre
Director	Alice Hamilton
Design	Sarah Beaton
Lighting	Johanna Town
Sound	Harry Blake
Director	Gabrielle Dawes (CDG - casting)
Other	Andy Reader (production manager)
Director	Olivia Munk (assistant)
Stage Manager	Jane Salberg
Stage Manager	Olivia Kerslake (deputy)
Stage Manager	Roma Radford (assistant)
Performer	Maureen Beattie (Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin)
Performer	Steffan Cennydd (Norman / Professor Varney)
Performer	Simon Chandler (Professor Fred Whipple)
Performer	Hari Kang (Budd Philips / Professor Richardson / Ensemble)
Performer	Annie Kingsnorth (Sally Kane)
Performer	Rina Mahoney (Rona Stewart)
Performer	Simon Markey (Professor Schwenger / Ensemble)
Performer	Julian Wadham (Professor Henry Norris Russell / Professor Frank Cabot)

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