Overview
- Producers announced on Wednesday, June 10 that the show will begin performances October 31, 2026, officially open November 12, and run through January 23, 2027 with tickets on sale June 26 at HamletHailtotheThief.com.
- The adaptation overlays a deconstructed, orchestrated version of Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail to the Thief onto Shakespeare’s Hamlet with more than 20 musicians and actors performing the music live each performance.
- Key members of the original cast will return for the Barbican run, including Samuel Blenkin as Hamlet, Ami Tredrea as Ophelia, Paul Hilton as Claudius, and Claudia Harrison as Gertrude.
- The production is co‑directed and adapted by Christine Jones and Steven Hoggett with Thom Yorke leading musical reworking, and the Barbican’s brutalist architecture is promoted by the creatives as a fitting setting.
- After a world premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester and a transfer to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, the Barbican booking scales the previously sold‑out runs and follows a live album released from recordings made during development.