Synopsis

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

Acclaimed as a leading man of the London stage long before achieving international superstardom as Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch returns to the greatest theatre role of them all – Hamlet – following the runaway success of Frankenstein at the National Theatre in 2011.

Reinterpreted with a visual grandeur by sought-after director Lyndsey Turner, this version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet dissects the Prince of Denmark and his darkening world with political precision and psychological insight.