ENCORE dates have been released for the NT Live screening of the Barbican Theatre’s production of Hamlet.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, which will be broadcast by National Theatre Live from the Barbican on Thursday to cinemas around the UK including Basingstoke’s Vue, Festival Place and Odeon at the Leisure Park.
Many of these October 15 screenings are sold out, so encore screenings have been added for dates including October 22 and 29.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, the cast also includes Leo Bill (Horatio), Siân Brooke (Ophelia), Anastasia Hille (Gertrude), Ciarán Hinds (Claudius), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Laertes) and Jim Norton (Polonius).
Benedict Cumberbatch said: “It feels truly thrilling to be opening up our theatre production of Hamlet to the wider reach of a National Theatre Live audience.
"The idea that people who can't get to the theatre, for whatever reason, can join us for one night in cinemas around the country - and indeed the world - is extraordinary.
“Each screening will doubtless have its own atmosphere, but wherever you’re watching, thanks to the brilliance of the National Theatre Live team, you’ll be right at the heart of the action, in the best seat in the house”
Find out more online at myvue.com or odeon.co.uk.
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