The Standard Of Living

About The Standard of Living

The Standard of Living is a brand-new world-premiere play at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London. Written by Olivier Award-winning playwright James Graham and directed by multi award-winner Nicholas Hytner, it opens in the West End for a strictly limited 12-week season.

The play tells the story of economist John Maynard Keynes, a member of the Bloomsbury Group, and moves between Whitehall and a circle of artists, writers and lovers. It follows Keynes as husband to ballerina Lydia Lopokova, lover to Duncan Grant and friend to Virginia Woolf, while markets crash and Britain teeters on the edge of chaos.

The Standard of Living combines music, dance, desire and debate, with Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova in the cast. Natalia Osipova makes her West End debut in the production.

Key facts: Suggested for ages 12+; opening at the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 September for a strictly limited 12-week season.

Before you book

Natalia Osipova will not be appearing at the evening performances on Friday 16 October, Wednesday 21 October and Wednesday 4 November, or at the matinee and evening performances on Thursday 22 October and Thursday 5 November. No exchanges or refunds are available after purchase.

Venue

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

Access is managed via Theatre Royal Haymarket Digital Access Pass. If a customer has a Nimbus/Access card and the +1 is not for a mobility issue, they 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. For customers who are disabled due to mobility, or who are deaf or visually impaired, Stalls seats are offered at £25, excluding Premiums, with numbers monitored by an internal allocation. There are four seats in the centre of Stalls D for visual and hearing issues, four aisle pairs for mobility issues, and two wheelchair spaces.

Current cast

Rory Kinnear and Natalia Osipova, with Natalia Osipova making her West End debut in this production.