Ethan Hawke
Ethan Green Hawke is an American actor, writer and director. He made his feature film debut in 1985 with the science fiction movie Explorers, before making a supporting appearance in the 1989 drama Dead Poets Society, which is considered his breakthrough role. He then appeared in such films as White Fang, A Midnight Clear, and Alive before taking a role in the 1994 Generation X drama Reality Bites, for which he gained critical acclaim. In 1995, he starred in the romantic drama Before Sunrise, and later in the 2004 sequel Before Sunset.
In 2001, Hawke was cast as a rookie police officer in Training Day, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination in the Best Supporting Actor category. Other films have included the science fiction feature Gattaca, the title role in Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, the action thriller Assault on Precinct 13, and the crime drama Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.
Hawke has appeared in many theater productions including The Seagull, Henry IV, Hurlyburly, The Cherry Orchard, The Winter's Tale and The Coast of Utopia, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination. He made his directorial debut with the 2002 independent feature Chelsea Walls. In November 2007 Hawke directed his first play, Jonathan Marc Sherman's Things We Want. Aside from acting, he has written two novels, The Hottest State and Ash Wednesday. Between 1998 and 2004, Hawke was married to actress Uma Thurman.
Ethan Hawke is preparing for
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona – Silvia
19:15, Tue 5th – Fri 8th January 2027 at Crucible Theatre
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1590 or 1591. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his…
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Footloose – Cello
19:30, Tue 9th – Mon 15th February 2027 at Almeida Theatre
Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow, the lyrics by Dean Pitchford, and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.
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Damn Yankees – Horn
19:30, Wed 17th – Sun 21st February 2027 at Random Venue 35
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during…
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Damn Yankees – Cello
19:15, Tue 23rd February 2027 at Gielgud Theatre
Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during…
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Show Boat – Ellie May Shipley
20:00, Thu 25th – Sun 28th February 2027 at Royal Court Theatre
Show Boat is a 1927 musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on Edna Ferber's bestselling novel of the same name, the musical follows the lives…
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South Pacific – Commander William Harbison
11:45, Thu 13th – Mon 17th May 2027 at Crucible Theatre
South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate success,…
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Shrek the Musical – Trombone
20:30, Mon 7th – Thu 10th June 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
Shrek the Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek!. After a tryou…
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Waiting for Godot – Vladimir
20:30, Tue 15th – Mon 21st June 2027 at Savoy Theatre
Waiting for Godot is an absurdist play by Samuel Beckett, in which two characters, Vladimir and Estragon, wait endlessly and in vain for the arrival of someone named Godot. Godot's absence, as well as…
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Cyrano de Bergerac – Production Electrician
21:00, Tue 29th June – Sat 3rd July 2027 at Random Venue 47
Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play is a fictionalization of his life that follows the broad outlines of it.
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Assassins – John Hinckley, Jr.
20:15, Tue 14th – Fri 17th September 2027 at Noël Coward Theatre
Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr. It uses the premise of a murderous carnival game to produce a revue-st…
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The Cherry Orchard – Writer
19:45, Wed 8th – Mon 13th December 2027 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Cherry Orchard is Russian playwright Anton Chekhov's last play. It premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre 17 January 1904 in a production directed by Constantin Stanislavski. Chekhov intended this play…
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Man of La Mancha – Producer
19:30, Thu 6th – Mon 10th January 2028 at London Palladium
Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn…
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Guys and Dolls – Viola
20:00, Thu 27th – Mon 31st January 2028 at Chichester Festival Theatre
Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure" – two short stories by…
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The Importance of Being Earnest – Composer
19:45, Thu 3rd – Mon 7th February 2028 at Gielgud Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the…
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Medea – Kreon
20:45, Tue 22nd – Mon 28th February 2028 at London Palladium
Medea is an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides, based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC. The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in…
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Phèdre – Oenone
22:00, Tue 14th – Fri 17th March 2028 at The Old Vic
Phèdre is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677.
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Mamma Mia! – Sam Carmichael
20:30, Wed 29th March – Sat 1st April 2028 at Random Venue 21
Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. The title of the…
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – Publicity Designer
20:30, Thu 20th – Sun 23rd April 2028 at Almeida Theatre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is a musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book of the same name. The story…
Ethan Hawke has been involved with
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Lacey
23:30, Wed 7th – Sat 10th October 2026 at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
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The Phantom of the Opera – Meg Giry, Choreographer
13:00, Tue 11th – Sat 15th August 2026 at Chichester Festival Theatre
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The Full Monty – Keys
20:45, Wed 8th – Sun 12th July 2026 at Barbican Centre
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Richard III – Sir William Catesby
20:30, Fri 19th – Tue 23rd June 2026 at The Old Vic
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The Producers – Writer
20:45, Fri 5th – Mon 8th June 2026 at Liverpool Empire Theatre
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Starlight Express – Carpenter
19:45, Tue 24th – Mon 30th March 2026 at Barbican Centre
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – Deputy Stage Manager
19:45, Wed 11th – Sun 15th March 2026 at Royal Court Theatre
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Three Sisters – Composer
19:45, Wed 11th – Sat 14th March 2026 at Royal Opera House, London
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Spring Awakening – Horn
19:15, Sun 1st – Fri 6th March 2026 at Noël Coward Theatre
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Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark – Set Designer
19:30, Tue 4th November 2025 at Almeida Theatre
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The Trojan Women – Hecuba
19:45, Mon 27th October 2025 at Random Venue 1
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Oklahoma! – Ali Hakim
20:30, Mon 6th – Thu 9th October 2025 at The Old Vic
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The Glass Menagerie – Stage Manager
20:15, Thu 11th – Mon 15th September 2025 at Sadler's Wells Theatre
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Peter and Wendy – Stage Manager
21:00, Sat 6th – Tue 9th September 2025 at Noël Coward Theatre
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Mary Poppins – Lighting Designer
21:00, Thu 7th – Mon 11th August 2025 at The Old Vic
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All My Sons – Kate Keller
20:15, Thu 3rd – Sun 6th July 2025 at Random Venue 89
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Blood Brothers – Bass
20:45, Thu 12th – Mon 16th June 2025 at Royal Court Theatre
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Uncle Vanya – Technical Director
20:45, Wed 21st – Sat 24th May 2025 at Globe Theatre, London
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Peter and Wendy – Musical Director
23:45, Sat 6th – Wed 10th April 2024 at Random Venue 36
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The Full Monty – Set Designer
16:45, Tue 5th – Fri 8th December 2023 at Barbican Centre
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The Merchant of Venice – Composer
19:45, Mon 6th – Fri 10th November 2023 at Gielgud Theatre
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Little Shop of Horrors – Mr. Mushnik
20:15, Sat 21st – Wed 25th October 2023 at Gielgud Theatre
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Director
16:00, Tue 17th – Fri 20th October 2023 at Crucible Theatre
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The Lady of the Camellias – Composer
21:00, Thu 12th October 2023 at Random Venue 48
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Hedda Gabler – Choreographer
17:45, Fri 8th – Tue 12th September 2023 at Barbican Centre
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Tartuffe – Producer
20:45, Wed 12th – Sat 15th July 2023 at Royal Court Theatre
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South Pacific – Liat
19:15, Mon 20th March 2023 at Almeida Theatre
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Funny Girl – Production Electrician
19:30, Sun 5th – Fri 10th February 2023 at Haymarket Theatre
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Thoroughly Modern Millie – Jimmy Smith
20:30, Sun 11th – Thu 15th September 2022 at Noël Coward Theatre
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The Full Monty – Jerry Lukowski, Horse, Production Electrician
20:15, Fri 20th – Mon 23rd May 2022 at London Palladium
