In exactly one years’ time Benedict Cumberbatch will be treading the boards of the Barbican Theatre as Hamlet for the very first time. There’s already been huge hype over the production – which will be directed by Lyndsey Turner – and it has been announced that public tickets go on sale on Monday 11th August 2014 at 10am; that’s next Monday for those of you without a calendar handy.
Expect massive demand for these tickets; it will be playing for a strictly limited run of 12 weeks and the Barbican Theatre only seats 1,200 people per night. If you do miss out on Monday 11th there will be 100 additional tickets released at a later date for every performance which will be priced at just £10. Whichever type of ticket you manage to get, hold on to it for dear life as you’ll be amongst the privileged few!
No stranger to a bit of theatre, Cumberbatch’s recent stage credits, both for the National Theatre, include After the Dance and alternating both the creature and Dr Frankenstein, in Danny Boyle’s production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for which he won the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics’ Circle Best Actor awards. His next film, THE IMITATION GAME, is due to open the BFI London Film Festival later this year so it’s safe to say Cumberbatch is proving a popular draw in both theatre and film right now.
Performances of Hamlet begin August 5th 2015 with opening night set for August 25th 2015. The twelve week limited run will conclude on 31 October 2015. To book tickets you can visit the official website. Good luck!
