HFH PRODUCTIONS AND HAMPSTEAD THEATRE
ANNOUNCES CAST FOR
JAMIE ARMITAGE’S A GHOST IN YOUR EAR
HFH Productions and Hampstead Theatre today announces the cast for the world premiere of Jamie Armitage’s A Ghost in Your Ear -Armitage directs George Blagden and Jonathan Livingstone.
The production opens at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs on 8 January 2026, with previews from 6 December and running until 24 January.
Jamie Armitage said today, “It is a true privilege to have George and Jonathan as the cast to bring this new horror play to life. They are actors I’ve admired for a long time, and their brilliance as story-tellers will be essential to guide the audience through this headphone horror show. I am so excited for everyone to experience their thrilling performances which will be enhanced by the innovative sound design from Ben and Max Ringham, so that the horror can be whispered right into the audience’s ears. It should be a horrifying delight!”
HFH Productions and Hampstead Downstairs presents
A GHOST IN YOUR EAR
Written and Directed by Jamie Armitage
A collaboration with Ben and Max Ringham
Cast: George Blagden (George), Jonathan Livingstone (Sid)
Creatives: Becky Paris CDG (Casting Director)
6 December 2025 – 24 January 2026
‘The ghost is not real, it is only in your ear…’
An actor arrives late at a sound studio for a last-minute job that he is yet to see the script for: an audiobook recording of a particularly chilling ghost story. But as the evening progresses, the horrors start to escape the pages of the story, and haunt the studio itself…
A Ghost In Your Ear is the new play from Jamie Armitage, the writer/director of 2024 sell-out hit An Interrogation. Made in collaboration with Ben and Max Ringham (ANNA, National Theatre and Blindness, Donmar Warehouse).
Using binaural sound technology, the audience wears headphones so they are immersed in the terrifying auditory world of the show.
Health warning: this play is intentionally looking to scare its audience. If you are of a nervous disposition, then caution is advised…
Jamie Armitage’s first play, An Interrogation, opened at Summerhall, Edinburgh in August 2023, where it won the Lustrum Award before transferring to Hampstead Theatre in 2025 – enjoying entirely sold-out runs at both venues. As a director, Armitage’s work includes co-directing SIX: The Musical, which is currently playing in the West End, Broadway, and multiple locations worldwide – Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical. His other directing credit include The Red and The Black (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre), Straight Line Crazy (The Shed – co-directed with Nicholas Hytner), Southern Belles: A Tennessee Williams Double Bill, And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens (King’s Head Theatre), Spring Awakening, Sweeney Todd (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama) and Love Me Now (Tristan Bates). He is an Associate Director of the Bridge Theatre. He was a Resident Director at the Almeida Theatre from 2019 to 2021, and an Associate Artist at the King’s Head Theatre.
George Blagden plays George. His theatre credits include The Cabinet Minister (Menier Chocolate Factory), White Christmas (Sheffield Theatres), Company (Gielgud Theatre), Tartuffe (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Platinum (Hampstead Theatre), and The Pitchfork Disney (Shoreditch Town Hall). His television credits include Vikings (as series regular Athelstan – Series Lead 1-3), Versailles (as series regular Louis XIV – Series Lead 1-3) and Black Mirror; and for film, Wrath of the Titans, The Run, Blood Moon, Hello Stranger, Les Miserables, No Postage Necessary, The Land of Dreams, The Gallery, Rubikon, After the Dark, and The Three of Us.
Jonathan Livingstone plays Sid. His theatre credits include Troilus and Cressida, After Edward, Edward II, Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Now We Are Here (Young Vic), Cash Cow (Hampstead Theatre), Machinal (Almeida Theatre), Pandora (Arcola Theatre), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Bristol Old Vic), The Caretaker (Bristol Old Vic, Royal and Derngate), Our Country’s Good, Treasure Island (National Theatre), White Hot And Weak (Old Vic New Voices Festival), Superior Donuts (Southwark Playhouse), 7 New Plays by Young Writers (National Theatre Studio), The Taming of the Shrew (RSC), War Horse (National Theatre production at New London Theatre), and Ignition 2 (Royal Court Theatre). His television credits include Entitled, Bridgerton, Criminal Record, Peacock, The Pentaverate, Pls Like and Chewing Gum; and for film, Hard Truths, The Trouble With Jessica, The Witches, and Still Life.
Ben and Max Ringham are multi-award-winning composers, sound designers, and writers. In a career spanning more than two decades, they have created sound designs and scores for over 200 productions in the UK, West End, and Broadway. Notable productions include The Tempest/Much Ado About Nothing (West End), Prima Facie (West End/Broadway), A Doll’s House (Broadway), Cyrano (West End), and Blindness (Donmar and International). They have created a number of original works for, amongst others, the National Theatre – (ANNA, 2019, created in collaboration with Ella Hickson), and the BBC (EXEMPLAR, 2022-24, cowritten with Dan Rebellato). They are the recipients of five Olivier Award and two Tony Award nominations, two Drama Desk Awards, a Critics’ Circle nomination, a BBC Radio Drama Award, two Off West End Awards, and the H100 Award for Innovation in Theatre.
Listings
A Ghost in Your Ear
Hampstead Theatre
Eton Avenue, London NW3 3EU
Box Office: 020 7722 9301 (Mon – Sat 10.30am – 7pm)
TICKETS
£10-40, previews £10-35
6 December 2025 – 24 January 2026
Performances Monday to Saturday at 7:45pm
Performances on Thursday and Saturday matinees at 2:45pm