play London North London

We Had a World

Hampstead Theatre

May 29 - Jul 4, 2026

Joshua Harmon’s deeply personal and searingly funny play brings to theatrical life his New York childhood, caught between his hilariously eccentric but indomitable grandmother and his mother. His grandmother's influence shapes him as both a person and an artist, but as he traces the family's relationships, he uncovers their secrets, revealing thirty years of family fights, monstrous behaviour, enormous cruelty and enduring love.