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Mick Perrin Worldwide Ltd in association with PBJ Management present

Eddie Izzard Performs Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell

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Direct from her critically acclaimed, triple-extended New York, Chicago and London solo performances of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Nominated for New York’s Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award and Outer Critic’s Circle Outstanding Solo Performance Award.

★★★★
“An impressive sweeping performance”
The Telegraph

★★★★
“When it gets to the famous soliloquies, Izzard…smashes all three of the great ones”
The Chicago Tribune

“Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet is spectacular”
Dame Judi Dench

Akin to the original performances of Hamlet, Eddie will perform on the blank canvas of a bare stage, letting Shakespeare’s words and pure storytelling take the spotlight.


This production is true to the text of Shakespeare and for ages 9 to 90.

Ages 9+

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