
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
United Kingdom
Run Dates
Dec 3, 2025 - Feb 7, 2026
Venue
Run Time
165 minutes
With the recent loss of Tom Stoppard, this first major revival of Indian Ink, adapted from the playwright's personal favourite radio play, is a poignant tribute that shouldn't be missed.
2025.12.03 ~ 2026.02.07
Hampstead Theatre
1930, 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. 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 an evocative meditation on art and love, exploring how creativity can bridge even the most profound cultural barriers.
Tom Stoppard
Playwright/Author
Jonathan Kent
Director
Finlay Glen
Assistant Director
Kuljit Bhamra
Composer
Leslie Travers
Set Designer
Nicky Shaw
Costume Designer
Peter Mumford
Lighting Designer
Christopher Shutt
Sound Designer
Amy Ball
Casting
Sagar Arya
Cast(Coomaraswami)
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis
Cast(Flora Crewe)
Mark Carlisle
Cast(Resident)
Neil D'Souza
Cast(Dilip)
Tom Durant-Pritchard
Cast(David Durance)
Aaron Gill
Cast(Anish Das)
Irvine Iqbal
Cast(Rajah / Politician)