Following sell-out runs with Factory International and the Royal Shakespeare Company last year, Hamlet Hail to the Thief now transfers to London’s Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited season from 31 October 2026.
Shakespeare’s great tragedy and Radiohead’s critically acclaimed album collide for a mesmerising live experience that fuses theatre, music and movement.
Hamlet Hail to the Thief is co-created by Thom Yorke and celebrated directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones. Yorke has reworked the band’s sixth album into a deconstructed score that illuminates the text and is performed live onstage by a cast of musicians and actors (casting to be announced).
Elsinore has a new ruler, and the air bites. Hamlet Hail to the Thief centres on Hamlet and Ophelia’s awakening to the lies and corruption infecting their war-like state. In this witching hour, when ghosts reveal wild and hurling truths, hectic pulses through the blood of its citizens. When minds and hearts are overthrown, music speaks loudly.
Brimming with energy, Hamlet Hail to the Thief distils Shakespeare’s masterpiece to its dark and glittering emotional core.
CREATIVES
Adapted by Christine Jones with Steven Hoggett | Music by Radiohead | Directed by Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones | Orchestrations Thom Yorke | Scenography AMP featuring Sadra Tehrani | Arrangements Justin Levine | Music Supervision Tom Brady | Choreography Jess Williams | Sound Design Gareth Fry | Projection Design Will Duke | Lighting Design Jessica Hung Han Yun | Costume Design Lisa Duncan | Casting Director Charlotte Sutton for the RSC | Dramaturg and Textual Consultant Ayanna Thompson | Sound Manipulator Jack Moulton
BOOKING INFORMATION
Hamlet Hail to the Thief plays at Barbican Theatre, London from 31 October 2026 to 23 January 2027
RSC Patrons Tuesday 23 June, 10am
RSC Members & Subscribers Wednesday 24 June, 10am
Public Booking Friday 26 June, 10am
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RSC £10 tickets will not be available for this production.
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