Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas on 15 January at 17.00 in Cineplexx cinemas in Celje, Koper, Kranj, Maribor and Novo Mesto. The broadcast concludes a yearlong celebration of 400 Anniversary of Shakespeare’s death as part of the ShakespeareLives programme.
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.
This is a Hamlet for a world on the edge: a warning from history, and a plea for new ideas from a new generation.’ Matt Trueman, Variety.