Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange, The Power of the Dog) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 broadcast returns to international cinemas!
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralyzed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and filmed live at the Barbican.
Running time: 3hr 37min
Appropriate for age 12 and older
‘Benedict Cumberbatch is a blazing five-star Hamlet’
— Daily Telegraph
‘One of the most visually and atmospherically stunning productions I’ve ever seen, of anything, ever.’
— Time Out
‘This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation.’
— Variety
The Friends of the Strand Theatre gratefully recognize the generous gifts by the Cascade Foundation of the theater’s original (2013) and new (2024) projection systems.
