
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Mark Akrill
Film Noir meets The Great American Songbook in this 40s inspired, streamlined re-telling of Hamlet. Set in a would-be glamourous period nightclub and framed by performances of classic jazz numbers, The Bridge’s production plays with the boundaries between art and life – as Hamlet, Claudius, Ophelia, Gertrude, Polonius and the rest struggle to convince the world of their own versions of reality.
Lust, betrayal and madness seen through the prism of Noir motifs:
the city and the night, the femme fatale, the bars of the cage
Socially distanced performances at 7.15pm on
Weds 19th May, Thurs 20th May, Fri 21st May, Tues 25th May
Weds 26th May, Thurs 27th May, Fri 28th May, Sat 29th May
Tickets £12 Concessions £9
Socially distanced audience under COVID-19 Secure precautions. The show will also be filmed for online viewing.
At The Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone