The full cast and creative team have been announced for the upcoming world premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief opening at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, Manchester (27 April – 18 May 2025) before transferring to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon (4 June - 28 June 2025).
Samuel Blenkin (Black Mirror, Netflix; upcoming Mickey 17, Warner Bros directed by Bong Joon-Ho; upcoming Alien: Earth, FX produced by Ridley Scott) will play Hamlet, alongside Ami Tredrea (London Tide and The Crucible, both National Theatre; Prime Target, Apple TV; Black Mirror, Netflix) as Ophelia.
“this is an interesting and intimidating challenge .. !adapting the original music of Hail to The Thief for live performance with the actors on stage to tell this story that is forever being told, using its familiarity and sounds, pulling them into and out of context..seeing what chimes with the underlying grief and paranoia of Hamlet, using the music as a “presence” in the room, watching how it collides with the action and the text.
Paul Hilton (Olivier nominated for An Enemy of the People, West End; Juno and the Paycock, West End; Slow Horses, Apple TV; The Crown, Netflix) will play Claudius/ Ghost and Claudia Harrison (Princess Anne in The Crown, Netflix; Humans, Channel 4; The Painkiller, Lyric Belfast) will play Gertrude.
Radiohead frontman Yorke, and celebrated directors, Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones have joined forces for this adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet which is ‘haunted by Radiohead’s celebrated 2003 album Hail to the Thief.‘.
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