ANDREW SCOTT TOOK ON THE TROUBLED DANISH PRINCE IN THE ALMEIDA TRANSFER OF HAMLET
Two years on from Benedict Cumberbatch’s sold out performance as Hamlet, his Sherlock co-star, Andrew Scott, who has recieved critical accalim in the equally sold-out run at the Almeida Theatre, reprised the role when the Shakesperean tragedy opened at the Harold Pinter theatre in June 2017.
‘Andrew Scott delivers a career-defining performance… he makes the most famous speeches feel fresh and unpredictable’ Evening Standard
5 stars ‘It is livewire, edge-of-the-seat stuff’ Time Out
Olivier Award winning director Robert Icke directs reuniting him with the multi-award winning creative team behind 1984 and Oresteia.
The Observer newspaper calls Robert Icke ‘one of the most important forces in today’s theatre’. As Artistic Director for the Islington-based Almeida theatre he has a list of directorial hits to his name including : Mary Stuart, Uncle Vanya, Oresteia, Mr Burns and 1984.
Hamlet Show Info
Theatre : Harold Pinter, Panton Street, London SW1 4DN
Genre: Play
Opens: 9th June 2017
Closed: 2nd September 2017
Performance times: Monday to Saturday at 7pm; Thursday & Saturday at 1.30pm
Closest underground : Piccadilly Circus on Piccadilly & Bakerloo lines
Hotels close by : 3 star Thistle Piccadilly, 4 star Radisson Blu Leicester Square; 5 star The Royal Horseguards