Ruby Thomas’ Linck & Mülhahn to make world premiere at Hampstead Theatre

An epic love story inspired by the extraordinary real life of an 18th Century gender pioneer will make its world premiere at Hampstead Theatre.

Ruby Thomas’ Linck & Mülhahn will run at the venue from 27 January – 4 March 2023.

Owen Horsley directs production which sees Maggie Bain (Man to Man, Wales Millennium Centre; Henry V, Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre) play the role of Anastasius Linck with Helena Wilson (Jack Absolute Flies Again, National Theatre; The Lady from the Sea, Donmar) playing the role of Catharina Mülhahn and Lucy Black (The Durrells, ITV; The Haystack, Hampstead Theatre) playing Mother.

They will be joined by Daniel Abbott, David Carr, Marty Cruickshank, Kammy Darweish, Qasim Mahmood, Leigh Quinn and Timothy Speyer.

Prussia 1750. Dashing musketeer and skilled seducer Anastasius Linck has no intention of falling in love. But when he meets passionate young Catharina Mülhahn, so strong is the attraction that the match becomes inevitable.

As the couple strive to build a radical kind of marriage, Catharina’s mother becomes obsessed with her mysterious son-in-law and sets out to uncover his secret – a secret that, if revealed, threatens to engulf them all.

Linck & Mülhahn is designed by Simon Wells with lighting design by Matt Daw, sound design by Max Pappenheim and assistant direction by Dewi Johnson. The fight and intimacy direction is by Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper Brown of RC-Annie. The production has been supported by the Godwin family and is a T.S. Eliot Foundation commission.

For more information and tickets, visit hampsteadtheatre.com