Full casting revealed for Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic

Full casting has been announced for Hamlet at Bristol Old Vic.

The new production will run from 13 October – 12 November 2022 with a live broadcast on 10 and 11 November as part of Bristol Old Vic On Screen.

Leading the cast are Billy Howle as Hamlet, Niamh Cusack as Gertrude and Mirren Mack as Ophelia.

Joining them are Finbar Lynch as Claudius, Taheen Modak as Laertes/Rosencrantz, Isabel Adomakoh Young as Horatio, Firdous Bamji as Ghost/Player King/Gravedigger, Jason Barnett as Polonius and Catrin Stewart as Guildenstern/Reynaldo/Player Queen.

John Haidar directs, reimagining the classic play for a new audience.

Hamlet’s father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks.

Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.

The creative team is completed by Alex Eales (Set Designer), Natalie Pryce (Costume Designer), Malcolm Rippeth (Lighting Designer), Max Pappenheim (Music/Sound), Jack Phelan (Video Design), Lucy Cullingford (Movement Director), Sam Stevenson (Casting Director), Bret Yount (Fight Director), Zoe Hammond (Costume Supervisor) and Elinor Lower (Assistant Director).

John Haidar said: “This production was first conceived of before the pandemic, so to have had Bristol Old Vic’s support throughout that time and to now be able to begin rehearsals for it means such a lot. I’m grateful to be working with an incredibly gifted team, onstage and off, to interpret these characters and their fractured world anew”.

For more information and tickets, visit bristololdvic.org.uk