Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will screen this eagerly awaited production captured live in Australian cinemas.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
“Cumberbatch is a blazing five star Hamlet.”
Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
“This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation.”
Matt Trueman, Variety
Tickets on sale now: ntlive.com
