Following the sell-out hit, The Humans, Stephen Karam returns to Hampstead Theatre with the European premiere of his award-winning comedy, Sons of the Prophet, running from 2 December 2022 to 14 January 2023.

The cast includes Irfan Shamji (Chasing Hares, Young Vic) as Joseph Douaihy, alongside Jack Holden (Cruise, West End), Juliet Cowan Stuck, Everything I Know About Love; BBC), Raphael Akuwudike (First Touch, Nottingham Playhouse), Holly Atkins (The Book of Dust, Bridge Theatre), Raad Rawi (Stuff Happens, Salomé; National Theatre), Eric Sirakian (The Kite Runner, Broadway); and Sue Wallace (The March on Russia, Orange Tree Theatre).

Joseph Douaihy, a gay American-Lebanese Maronite Christian in rural Pennsylvania, has a pretty complicated life.  When his father dies as the result of a prank, life truly spirals towards the bizarre. With unexplained pain blocking his athletics career, a desperate new boss who wants to capitalize on his grief, a dependent uncle who thinks he’s his legal guardian and a very wayward younger brother, Joseph has a lot on his plate. So, he really should not be spending time with the attractive journalist who’s looking for the inside scoop on his father’s accident.

Stephen Karam said: “I’m very excited to be back at Hampstead Theatre. There’s no better feeling than being back at a place that has already been such a great, wonderful home. Sons of the Prophet is a comedy about human suffering and the laughter and ways that people make sense of the wounds they carry with them. The play is something that audiences everywhere can relate to.”

The production is directed by Bijan Sheibani, with design by Samal Blak, lighting by Jack Knowles, sound by Giles Thomas, and casting by Julia Horan.

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