The Standard Of Living

About The Standard of Living

The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket is a world-premiere play by Olivier Award-winning writer James Graham, directed by multi award-winner Nicholas Hytner. It opens in the West End for a strictly limited 12-week season and stars Rory Kinnear and Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova in her West End debut.

The play tells the story of economist and Bloomsbury Group member John Maynard Keynes. Moving between Whitehall and a radical circle of artists, writers and lovers, it presents Keynes as husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova, lover to Duncan Grant and friend to Virginia Woolf.

Alive with music, dance, desire and debate, the production follows Keynes as markets crash, old systems crumble and Britain teeters on the edge of chaos, while he asks what a good life is.

Key facts: Opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 September, this is a strictly limited 12-week season. Suggested for ages 12+.

Before you book

Age guidance: Suggested for ages 12+.

Cast note: Natalia Osipova will not be appearing on evening performances on Friday 16 October, Wednesday 21 October and Wednesday 4 November, or on the matinee and evening performances on Thursday 22 October and Thursday 5 November.

Access and tickets: Managed via the Theatre Royal Haymarket Digital Access Pass. Customers with a Nimbus/Access card +1, where mobility is not an issue, can select any price except Premiums and pay full price for one ticket, with the +1 ticket free, processed as two tickets at half price. Customers who are disabled due to mobility issues, or who are deaf or visually impaired, are offered stalls seats at £25, excluding Premiums, with numbers monitored by internal allocation. Four seats are held in the centre of Stalls D for visual or hearing issues, with another four pairs on the aisles for mobility issues, plus two wheelchair spaces.

Refunds: No exchanges or refunds after purchase.

Venue

Theatre Royal Haymarket
Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT, United Kingdom.

Current cast

Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova.