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80%

(69 Ratings)

Positive

83%

Mixed

11%

Negative

Members say

Clever, Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting, Slow

About the Show

Tony Award-winner John Logan's play inspired by the fractious relationship between Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren.

In a rented cottage in Suffolk, a brilliant young movie director confronts the aging star that the studio has made him hire. Vincent Price is about to walk out on the film, and Michael Reeves’ career hangs by a thread. Across the world, in a strange facsimile of a Suffolk cottage created on a Hollywood lot, a great director and his star are engaged in a very different sort of power struggle, as Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren have one final confrontation.

Jonathan Kent returns to the Hampstead Theatre to direct John Logan's play.

Show-Score Member Reviews (16)

Thought-provoking, Great writing, Absorbing, Intense, Great acting

See it if you like a uniquely staged play; want to see Vincent Price and Alfred Hitchcock on stage at the same time! For Jonathan Hyde's performance.

Don't see it if you find discussions of trauma painful. Michael Reeves describes mental health struggles, Tippi Hedren has tortured relationship with Hitch

For film buffs, Entertaining, Absorbing

See it if you enjoy great acting and interesting takes on historic film figures

Don't see it if you are expecting another RED. This play has its own commentary on art and resilience but it's more a retelling of specific anecdote Read more

Relevant, Profound, Intelligent, Great acting, Entertaining

See it if You are a cinema fan, and enjoy short plays.

Don't see it if You don't care about the relationships between cinema directors and cinema stars.

Ambitious, Slow, Great acting

See it if you enjoy lots of dialogues and want to see a journey from an idea to a film from different perspectives

Don't see it if you prefer fast pacing plays

Clever, Slow, Insipid, Great staging, Great acting

See it if you are curious about cinema history and interested in a set of arguments on the purpose of art or are

Don't see it if you like your theatre to have some action in it - this is a 1h40m drama set in one room, with no set changes or interval. Read more

100

Intelligent, Great staging, Great acting, Entertaining, Clever

See it if You wonder if a film director or a manager in a business how do you get the best out of people, help them develop or bullying and coercion ?

Don't see it if You're not willing to go back in time to see developments in the themes today.

100

Interesting, Eye opening, Thoughtful, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Historically interesting. Well presented. Well acted.

Don't see it if You want lighthearted

100

Excellent, Powerful, Me too, Clever, Absorbing

See it if Absorbing. Great acting

Don't see it if Sad

Critic Reviews (10)

"A proper feast for theatre aficionados, the dramatically inclined, and the cinephiles."
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"For a play that’s also about truth in art, it feels downright phony throughout"
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"...John Logan’s drama is out of sync as a whole despite some entertainingly punchy lines"
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"...the most thought-provoking to have graced Hampstead’s main stage in quite a while."
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"Though the play can feel unwieldy, it remains an intriguing reassessment of the legacy"
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"an interesting premise & one that could have been explored in far more depth & detail. "
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"John Logan’s drama about the making of two classic movies gets tangled up in its conceit"
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"...this ingenious new two-stranded play is clever, witty and wizzes by"
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