New version of Hamlet, featuring Radiohead songs, to premiere in the UK in 2025

Hamlet Hail To The Thief will premiere in the UK next Spring.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke, and celebrated directors, Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones will join forces for a frenetic adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet haunted by Radiohead’s celebrated 2003 album Hail to the Thief.

In this fast-paced distillation of the play, Shakespeare’s words and Radiohead’s album illuminate one another in thrilling new ways as the music becomes a critical part of the narrative.  Personally reworked by Yorke, the deconstructed album will be performed live onstage by a cast of 20 musicians and actors.

The world premiere will open at Aviva Studios, the landmark new home of Factory International in Manchester from 27 April - 18 May 2025 before transferring to Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 4-28 June 2025.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on 2 October 2024 at factoryinternational.org and rsc.org.uk