After its highly-praised debut in Bristol, Join us for a night of Shakespearean drama with Hamlet on BBC iPlayer.
Our ★★★★★ “taut, claustrophobic and visually stunning” (Bristol 24/7) production of Hamlet, starring Billy Howle and directed by John Haidar, is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Filmed in 4K in front of a live audience and edited exclusively for television, allowing us to get right up close to the action on stage, witness Bristol Old Vic’s spellbinding adaptation of Shakespeare’s seminal tragedy.
ABOUT
‘Must I remember?’
Hamlet’s father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks.
Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.
Rising star Billy Howle (The Serpent, MotherFatherSon, On Chesil Beach) plays the title role, supported by a star-studded cast including Mirren Mack (The Nest; Sex Education; The Witcher: Blood Origin) as Ophelia and award-winning stage and screen actress Niamh Cusack as Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude.
Coinciding with the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakepeare’s First Folio, this visceral production directed by John Haidar (Richard III) excavates the dark subconscious of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
Taut, claustrophobic and visually stunning
Bristol 24/7
Shadowy, impressionistic... Howle injects [Hamlet] with a sense of purpose and action
The Stage
Howle is a marvellous talent
Observer
A thrilling new interpretation of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy
Visit Bristol
Tarantino goes to Elsinore
The Times
An absolutely breathtaking must-see
Lifestyle District
Directed by John Haidar with breathless pace and fierce intensity
Stage Talk
Transports you to another world
Bristol Post
Taut, claustrophobic and visually stunning
Bristol 24/7
Literally edge of the seat stuff
Visit Bristol
John Haidar's subtly disrupting production
Observer
Transports you to another world
Bristol Post
Shadowy, impressionistic... Howle injects [Hamlet] with a sense of purpose and action
The Stage
Hamlet is presented in association with the BBC
Dates & Times
Hamlet
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