About The Standard of Living

The Standard of Living at Theatre Royal Haymarket is a brand new world-premiere play from Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham, whose work includes Punch, Dear England and Labour of Love. Directed by multi award-winner Nicholas Hytner, whose work includes The History Boys, One Man, Two Guvnors and Giant, it tells the story of economist and Bloomsbury Group member John Maynard Keynes.

The play follows Keynes between the corridors of power in Whitehall and a radical circle of artists, writers and lovers determined to live differently. It also draws on his relationships with Lydia Lopokova, Duncan Grant and Virginia Woolf, as Britain faces market crashes and growing uncertainty.

Alive with music, dance, desire and debate, the production opens in the West End for a strictly limited 12-week season.

Key facts: Suggested for ages 12+. Opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 September. Strictly limited 12-week season.

Before you book

Suggested for ages 12+. Natalia Osipova will not be appearing at evening performances on Friday 16 October, Wednesday 21 October and Wednesday 4 November, or at matinee and evening performances on Thursday 22 October and Thursday 5 November.

Access bookings are managed via the Theatre Royal Haymarket Digital Access Pass. If you have a Nimbus or Access card and the additional ticket is not for a mobility issue, you can select any price excluding Premiums, pay full price for one ticket and receive the +1 ticket free, processed as two tickets at half price. If you are disabled due to mobility, or are deaf or visually impaired, Stalls seats are offered at £25, excluding Premiums, subject to internal allocation. There are four seats held in the centre of Stalls D for visual or hearing issues, four pairs on the aisles for mobility issues, and two wheelchair spaces.

No exchanges or refunds are available after purchase.

Venue

Theatre Royal Haymarket

Haymarket, London, London, SW1Y 4HT, United Kingdom

Current cast

Rory Kinnear and Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova are billed in The Standard of Living, with Natalia Osipova making her West End debut. Natalia Osipova will not appear at the performances listed above.

Description supplied by the event organiser.