Hiran Abeysekera Archives - North West End UK

Theatre should be for the many, and not the few, so by bringing ‘National Theatre Live’ into the cinema, and ‘National Theatre at Home’ to your armchair, there is more chance than ever for everyone to enjoy theatre. On the 22nd January, Hamlet will be available to watch on a cinema screen near you, and William Shakespeare’s tragic play, will be accessible within the medium of film. Although live performance will always be the best way to experience theatre, this runs at a pretty close second! Hamlet (for those who have yet to experience the play), is a young prince who resides in Elsinore, Denmark, who returns from university to find that his father the King is dead, and that within a month of his death, his mother has married his Uncle Claudius (Alistair Petrie). These events d...

In this 2016 production Simon Godwin’s version completely re-imagines Hamlet from a visual perspective. The text largely remains the same, albeit tweaked in places and the small changes have accelerated the pace of the play - it rarely rests on its laurels. The African theme brings a freshness to one of the most regularly performed of Shakespeare’s plays. Dressed as military guards Barnardo (Kevin N Golding) and Marcellus (Theo O’Gundipe) have asked Horatio (Hiran Abeysekera) to come along to see the ghost that has a likeness to the dead King to prove that they are not crazy. The scene is dark, and it creates a feeling of menace but undershoots slightly as there is no ghostly apparition and we must wait until the next scene before we see the ghost of the King.&nb...

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Hamlet – National Theatre Live

Hamlet – Royal Shakespeare Company