Hamlet - 2017 - West End Articles Page 1

Karen Campion's drama, set in a women's prison cosmetology classroom, will receive a full festival production at the Gene Frankel Theatre with an Equity cast, co-directed by Nick Luis and Sabrina Zara.

Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre will present HAM, Hotter Project's eco-reimagining of Hamlet, with a London preview, an Edinburgh Festival Fringe run at Summerhall Arts, and a one-night-only Birmingham date.

The Actors' Gang will present Two Gentlebots of Verona, a free, family-friendly adaptation of William Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, from August 1–30, 2026 in Culver City and Burbank as part of its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park for Families series.

Whether you are Team Black or Team Green, there is probably a stage veteran on your side. Like other HBO shows such as The Gilded Age and Julia, the Game of Thrones spin-off, House of the Dragon, is full of Broadway, West End, and stage alums. 

James Norton will play the title role in a new production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, conceived and directed by Thomas Ostermeier in the West End in Autumn 2027. Learn more here.

King Hamlet, the documentary that follows Oscar Isaac during the 2017 production of Hamlet at The Public Theater, will be available to rent for a limited time from July 1 to July 31 as part of the 'Unreleased Gems' collection on Letterboxd Video Store.

The Everyman is delighted to announce the appointment of eight new members to its Board of Directors following a recent public recruitment process. learn more here!

Three-time Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Glenn Close will be honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an Academy Honorary Award for her body of work in film.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames directs August Wilson's The Piano Lesson at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, marking the company's 35th anniversary season at DeSales University's Schubert Theatre.

Concert Theatre Works' theatrical concert COPLAND & TWAIN, directed by Bill Barclay, will blend Aaron Copland's incidental music with Mark Twain's writings at Open Jar Studios, conducted by Ken-David Masur.

Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre will present HAM, a new work by Hotter Project that reimagines Shakespeare's Hamlet through a vegan lens, previewing at Soho Theatre before its run at Summerhall Arts during Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Burning Coal Theatre Company's Second Stage Series will present three works by emerging artists — SHADOWS IN RED LIGHT, DANGER!, and DR. RIDE'S AMERICAN BEACH HOUSE — in repertory in Raleigh, NC.

Burning Coal Theatre Company will present WAIT TIL YOU SEE THIS! 2026, featuring three plays in repertory by emerging artists, including works by Roné Sargent, Lucius Robinson, and Liza Birkenmeier, at its Raleigh, NC venue.

Awkward Prods announced a new solo show inspired by a real-life homophobic attack on performer Linus Karp in Soho. LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA will play Underbelly Bristo Square at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Perhaps the most well-known instance of a show changing titles during the development process belongs to the groundbreaking 1943 phenomenon, Oklahoma! The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that changed the art form in terms of subject matter, integration of elements, and more was originally titled Away We Go! when it went out of town for a New Haven tryout. Oklahoma! is far from the only instance where a musical changed its title along the development road.

Ex Machina and Côté Danse's HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK returns to Montreal's Salle Ludger-Duvernay, Monument-National, with nine performers interpreting Shakespeare through dance, set design, and an original score.

On Broadway, the Justice Department's resolution of its investigation into Broadway Across America signals growing scrutiny of market power in the touring industry, while the Tony Awards season heats up with eligibility decisions, a surprise celebrity host announcement in P!NK, and a $100 million facelift planned for Studio 54.

With a cast of ten actors portraying more than 26 characters, it was bold choice for the intimate theater. But thanks to Perloff’s direction and choice of actors, anyone with the slightest interest in Shakespeare will find the play and its characters captivating.

Simon Russell Beale will return to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers. 

The Finnish National Opera and Ballet has announced its 2026–2027 season, featuring a mix of new productions and returning repertoire across opera and ballet.

Two decades after Spring Awakening first premiered on Broadway, BroadwayWorld is taking a look back at what the cast of this era-defining musical, including Lea Michele, Jonathan Groff, and more has been up to.

Performances are now underway for Manhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The Balusters, a new play by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon. Meet the cast of The Balusters here!

Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall will extend until 25 April 2027 taking the production, which opened in October 2017, into its tenth year. 

York Theatre Royal will present the world premiere of THE PSYCHIC, a new thriller by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, starting previews on 29 April 2026 and running until 23 May 2026.

A logistically and artistically ambitious mashup of Shakespeare's play and modern American songs with some great acting.