NT Live: Hamlet is now SOLD OUT. To add your name to our returns list please email your contact details to arts@essex.ac.uk and we will let you know if any tickets become available.

Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Now seen by over 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NT Live broadcast returns to cinemas.

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. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

Dinner Deals 

The Olive Branch will be serving homemade vegan and vegetarian food in our cafe, or you can get a free glass of fizz at Wivenhoe House. Find out more here.