Highlights

• Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl’s romantic comedy in its UK premiere on Hampstead Theatre's main stage
• A play within a play, where old flames collide on and off stage
• Tickets just £15

Time Out says

Lauren and Humphrey; Elizabeth and Richard; Brad and Angelina. It’s famously hard for actors to keep romance under wraps after the director shouts ‘cut’. Fact and fiction blur easily beneath the dazzling haze of the spotlights.

It is the first day of rehearsal for the long-forgotten melodrama The Last Kiss. Enter a plot twist. Art imitates life as the two leading actors share an explosive romantic history of their own. With opening night approaching, a passionate affair may be waiting in the wings.

Two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl’s brilliant romantic comedy makes its UK premiere, following a critically acclaimed New York run in 2014. Stage Kiss is directed by Blanche McIntyre and marks their second collaboration, following the successful Downstairs production Letters from Max in 2025. McIntyre’s credits also include The Assembled Parties, Apex Predator and the record-breaking The Invention of Love.

Need to know

• This is valid for a ticket to ‘Stage Kiss' at Hampstead Theatre.
• This booking is only valid for your selected date/time option. 
• Please present your booking confirmation at the box office upon arrival.
• Due to the theatre's layout, audience members who leave the auditorium during a performance will not be permitted to re-enter.
• Thematic content warnings: references to death and illness, strong language, references to sex
• Suggested age guidance 14+.
• Seating is unreserved and allocated on arrival at the box office.
• Address: Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage NW3 3EU. 
• Tickets cannot be cancelled, amended, exchanged, refunded or used in conjunction with any other offer. For full terms and conditions, please see here.