Screening of Hamlet

National Theatre Live presents HAMLET Starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Broadcast from the stage of The Barbican Theatre in London. Shown on a large screen in the Ballymaloe Grainstore. Academy Award nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. 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. 'Benedict Cumberbatch is a blazing five-star Hamlet'. - Daily Telegraph 'A fresh, dynamic staging with a vivid, supple performance at its heart.' - Financial Times Hamlet is already completely sold out for its entire run (5 August - 31 October) in The Barbican in London. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. Total running time is three and a half hours.