English Repertory Theatre's HAMLET Plays The Cockpit, Now thru March 15

English Repertory Theatre's Hamlet will run tonight, Feb 17th - Mar 15th 2015 at The Cockpit. Press Night: Wednesday, Feb 18th 2015, 7.30pm.

There is no ghost. There is no equivocation. Only revenge.

Horatio teaches Modern History to four privileged teenagers in Elsnore; Laertes, his sister Ophelia, who is in love with Hamlet, Hamlet himself and his slippery friend, Rosencrantz. Life could not be worse for Hamlet. He is late for class. His father has been murdered by his uncle and his mother has married him. Everyone knows of course, including Hamlet who holds the proof in a letter written to him by his dying father. Never paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament with matters getting completely out of hand and everyone dying a very nasty death.

Hamlet is Shakespeare's most iconic work. Completed in 1601 and now brought refreshingly up to date, the play explodes with modern ideas and is the ultimate story of loyalty, love, betrayal, murder and madness. In this stripped-back, fresh and fast-paced version, emerging actress Rachel Waring, at the age of 26, the youngest women ever to play the eponymous Prince, creates a deliciously ferocious and devious protagonist delivering some of the greatest soliloquies in the English language.

With a running time of just one and hour forty minutes, none of the elements are missed in this hugely entertaining, fast paced black comedy that ends in utter tragedy. Following their sell-out season at Oxford Castle, English Rep come to London with this unique and critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Now that Hamlet has become the most searched for theatre event of all time there is no doubt that audiences can be well rewarded with a London preview from this acclaimed repertory company prior to their forthcoming national season.

DETAILS:

Hamlet
English Repertory Theatre
February 17th - March 15th 2015
Tuesday - Saturday, 7.30pm
Saturday & Sunday (March 1st, March 15th) matinees, 3.00pm
The Cockpit, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH
£29.50 (full price), £19 (concessions) £10 tickets available on the day
Theatre Box Office (thecockpit.org.uk), 0207 258 2925
Marylebone station (8 min walk); Ddgware Road station (8 min walk); Baker Street station (14 min walk)
Website (englishrep.com); Twitter (twitter.com/ERT_team)

English Repertory Theatre - English Repertory Theatre produce the highest quality productions of popular classical and contemporary British plays, touring throughout the UK and London. Privately funded only by their Directors and relying solely on their commercial success, the Company are now successfully bringing the traditional craft and values of the Repertory System back to the acting profession. Together with the RSC and the Globe, English Rep are committed to making the theatre accessible to everyone and offer a number of seats for only £10 at the box office for each performance.

As entertainment media becomes ever more complex and accessible electronically, English Rep have made an overriding commitment to audiences to preserve our literary heritage and at the same time re-ignite interest in all ages of theatre goers, producing popular texts, often abridged or reorganised to meet modern understanding, with a very strong company drawn from a wide range of actors.

The Company exceed any Equal Rights Policy with all parts offered at open auditions with prospective actors drawn from recent drama school graduates through to veterans of the RSC, Shakespeare's Globe and National Theatre.

Gavin Davis - With a Law Degree from Strathclyde University, Gavin joined the Citizens Theatre Glasgow in 1991 under the Directorship of Phillip Prowse. Following his time in Glasgow he made numerous appearances in television programmes and at the Edinburgh Festival, followed by a stint at the Aldwych Theatre with Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls. he has appeared in numerous stage productions, notably Orsino, Oberon, George in Humble Boy, Gerald in An Inspector Calls and the role of Sir Toby in the film adaptation of Twelfth Night. He has written the acclaimed Fat Christ which received its world premiere in London, The Narcissist and numerous adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Recent direction has included the enormously successful Twelfth Night at the annual season at Oxford Castle. He is a member of Equity and the Writers Guild of Great Britain. He is now the Artistic Director of the English Repertory Theatre.

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