What's On | NT Live – Hamlet
Hamlet promotional artwork: a photograph of Hiran Abeysekera wearing a suit and a ruff. He is sitting on a red theatre seating with his legs crossed and his feet resting on the seat in front. Text reads: 'National Theatre Live. Hamlet by William Shakespeare. A production by the National Theatre'.

NT Live – Hamlet

by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hastie

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Filmed in front of a live audience, NT Live screenings give you the best seat in the house to see National Theatre productions from your favourite local venue. Each production is captured with several cameras, giving you emotional close-ups as well as dramatic full-stage shots, for an extraordinary theatre experience.

Olivier Award winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.

Map Venue MarkerNorthcott Theatre
Theatre
Running time: 180 minutes, no interval
Age 12+

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