This production began its limited season on 9th June and closed on 2nd September 2017.
★★★★★
Andrew Scott is superb as Hamlet: he draws us with him through the famous soliloquies, making them feel fresh and alive
Financial Times
Following a sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, Olivier Award-winning director Robert Icke’s new production of Hamlet which played in the West End for a limited season.
★★★★★
Moving seamlessly from the Almeida to the West End, Robert Icke's production of Hamlet remains extraordinarily, heartbreakingly beautiful
Time Out
Starring BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Andrew Scott (Sherlock, Birdland, Cock, Pride) as the Danish Prince and Jessica Brown Findlay as Ophelia, Hamlet is brought to the stage by the critically acclaimed and multi-award-winning creative team behind 1984 and Oresteia.
Robert Icke ‘one of the most important forces in today’s theatre’ (The Observer) previously directed Mary Stuart, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia, Mr Burns and 1984 for the Almeida Theatre.
Hamlet is produced by ATG, Sonia Friedman Productions and the Almeida Theatre, who are renowned for introducing ground-breaking, critically acclaimed transfers to the West End.
★★★★★
The Observer
CAST
BARRY AIRD – Fransisco/Gravedigger
MADELINE APPIAH – Guildenstern
DERBHLE CROTTY – Gertrude
MARTY CRUIKSHANK – Player Queen
JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY – Ophelia
CALUM FINLAY – Rosencrantz
JOSHUA HIGGOTT – Horatio
DANIEL RABIN – Reynaldo
DAVID RINTOUL – Ghost/Player King
ANDREW SCOTT – Hamlet
MAANUV THIARA – Marcellus
LUKE THOMPSON – Laertes
PETER WIGHT – Polonius
ANGUS WRIGHT – Claudius
MATTHEW WYNN – Bernardo/Player 3/Priest
MARK DESEBROCK
ANDY HAWTHORNE
PENELOPE MCGHIE
CREATIVES
ROBERT ICKE – Director
HILDEGARD BECHTLER – Designer
NATASHA CHIVERS – Lighting Designer
TIM GIBBONS – Sound Designer
TAL YARDEN – Video Designer
DANIEL RAGGETT – Associate Director
JULIA HORAN – Casting