Mother Russia Tickets at Hampstead Theatre

What Tickets Cost

Tickets start from around £35 and go up to around £40. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

Performance Schedule

Previews run from Friday 11 to Wednesday 16 December, and press night is Thursday 17 December at 7pm. There's no matinee on Thursday 17 December, and over Christmas the pattern changes: Wednesday 23 December has a matinee, Christmas Eve is a 2:45pm matinee only, and there are no shows from 25 to 27 December or on New Year's Day. Saturday 16 January has one show only, at 1:45pm. The last performance is Saturday 30 January at 7:45pm.

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Book Your Mother Russia Tickets

Seven weeks at Hampstead over Christmas, tickets from around £35. All-in pricing, the price you see is what you pay.

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Where to Sit

Mother Russia plays in Hampstead Downstairs, a small studio with fixed bench seating, so there's no bad seat to avoid. If you need a reserved place or a seat with more support, Hampstead's team can arrange it before you book.

What's Mother Russia About?

It's 1992, and communism has just collapsed. In St Petersburg capitalism is arriving all at once: Filet-o-Fish, Latvian condoms and more brands of toothpaste than anyone needs. Evgeny and Dmitri are young men trying to get ahead in a world they don't recognise, and spying and racketeering pay best.

Their first job is to watch Katya, a sharp young woman who has lived in the West and has a past of her own. Evgeny falls for her straight away. The problem is how to tell someone how you feel when you've been listening to everything she says.

Lauren Yee wrote it, and it comes to Hampstead after a run at Signature Theater in New York earlier in 2026. Oscar Toeman directs.

Who's Mother Russia For?

Anyone who likes a sharp, funny play with a bit of politics underneath, in a small studio. Hampstead lists strong language, death, guns, violence, and references to war and suicide. It hasn't published an age guide, and anyone under 15 must come with an adult.

Mother Russia News and Reviews

Mother Russia gets its UK premiere at Hampstead Downstairs, with previews from 11 December 2026 and press night on 17 December.

Cast and Creative Team

The cast hasn't been announced yet. The characters include Evgeny, Dmitri and Katya.

Written by Lauren Yee, whose plays include Cambodian Rock Band and The Great Leap. Directed by Oscar Toeman, making his Hampstead debut.

Getting to Hampstead Theatre

Hampstead Theatre is on Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage, NW3 3EU, about 3 minutes' walk from Swiss Cottage station on the Jubilee line. Finchley Road station (Jubilee and Metropolitan) is about 8 minutes away.

Buses stop around Swiss Cottage station, two or three minutes from the theatre: the 13, 31, 46, 113, 187, 268, C11 and 603. At night the N28, N31 and N113 run from the same stops. More in our Hampstead Theatre guide.

Accessible Performances

Wednesday 27 January at 7:45pm and Thursday 28 January at 2:45pm are captioned. The theatre is fully accessible, and the Downstairs studio has wheelchair spaces. Access bookings are handled by Hampstead Theatre's own team, not by us.

Accessible performances

• Captioned performances: Wed 27 Jan 2027, 7:45pm; Thu 28 Jan 2027, 2:45pm

Access bookings are handled by the venue's own access team, not by us.

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