A new production of Tom Stoppard’s play Indian Ink is set to tour following its premiere at Hampstead Theatre in London.
Directed by Jonathan Kent, the revival was announced today as part of Hampstead Theatre’s new autumn 2025 season.
The first major UK staging since 1995, Indian Ink will star Felicity Kendal (Noises Off, The Good Life) as Mrs Swan. Kendal returns to the play, which Tom Stoppard wrote for her, 30 years after originating the role of Flora Crewe in the world premiere production.
Indian Ink will play Hampstead Theatre’s Main Stage from 3 December 2025 to 31 January 2026.
The production is then due to travel to the Theatre Royal Bath, playing its main theatre from 10 to 14 February 2026. Further dates are to be announced.
The story is set in 1930s India and 1980s Britain. In Thirties India, Flora Crewe, a noted Bloomsbury Group poet, undertakes a journey through India for her health. Free-spirited and without social inhibitions she unsettles most people she meets, but secretly captivates Nirad Das, a handsome Indian painter.
In 1980s England, Flora’s sister, Mrs Swan, is visited by an American biographer trying to uncover exactly what took place on the trip – and then Das’ son appears in her garden with a painting of Flora by his father – a nude…
Satirising the self-importance of both academia and the ruling class, Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink is billed as an evocative meditation on art and love, exploring how creativity can bridge even the most profound cultural barriers.
Also playing at Hampstead this autumn is the UK premiere of Richard Greenberg’s Tony Award-nominated play The Assembled Parties (17 October – 22 November 2025) starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, The Merchant of Venice 1936).
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