Radiohead revenge tragedy Hamlet Hail to the Thief sets London dates
Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this year Hamlet Hail to the Thief, an acclaimed stage
Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this year Hamlet Hail to the Thief, an acclaimed stage production fusing Shakespeare’s tragedy with Radiohead’s sixth album, is to open at the Barbican theatre in London this autumn.
The show had its world premiere at Aviva Studios in Manchester last year and then ran at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It is a co-production between Factory International and the Royal Shakespeare Company and was co-created by Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, and the directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones.
Yorke reworked the 2003 album, which is performed live on stage by a cast of musicians and actors, the lyrics reinforcing themes of grief, despair
and paranoia in the play. Continue reading...
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