They will go under the hammer at a silent auction to support up and coming playwrights, new artists, and subsidised tickets for future productions at the Eton Avenue venue.
The lots are now open, with items including a curry with Hampstead author and comic Baddiel and Highgate Outnumbered star Dennis, or a National Gallery visit and tea with EastEnders star and Hampstead resident Tracy-Ann Oberman.
There’s also the chance to meet The Good Life legend Felicity Kendal, who played Barbara Goode in the iconic 70s series, and is currently starring in Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink at Hampstead Theatre.
Her co-star Ruby Ashbourne-Serkis will also join the winning bidder.
Theatre buffs can win a press night visit with veteran critic Michael Billington, and there are lots featuring Best Exotic Marigold Hotel novelist and screenwriter Deborah Moggach, fashion designer Bella Freud, broadcaster Joan Bakewell, and award-winning writer Naomi Alderman.
If none of that takes your fancy there’s the chance to bid on a two-week stay in a villa on the Caribbean Island of Grenada.
The auction is part of a gala evening at Hampstead Theatre on January 24 featuring a special performance of Indian Ink.
The Theatre, which was founded in 1958 in a Church Hall in Hampstead lost its £766,000 annual Arts Council funding in 2022 and according to director of development Cathy Baker now needs to raise over £1.5m each year from philanthropic support, loyal donors and members.
She added: “This auction offers a rare chance to bid on extraordinary experiences and other wonderful items and Hampstead Theatre is incredibly grateful to the artists and supporters who have donated such exceptional auction prizes.
“Every bid will help us ensure that our playwrights, artists and audiences continue to thrive.”
Over its 67-year history Hampstead Theatre has been a champion of new writing and early career writers, staging plays by the likes of Harold Pinter, Mike Leigh, Tom Stoppard and Beth Steel.
Over the years a who’s who of actors have trodden its boards including Jude Law, Tom Hardy, Alan Rickman, Rowan Atkinson, John Malkovich, Ewan McGregor, Ann Maxwell Martin, Tamsin Grieg and Mark Gatiss.
The auction is now open at uk.givergy.com/indianinkgala2026. Or find out more about the theatre at hampsteadtheatre.com
