⭐ IAN MCKELLEN TO STAR IN NEW PRODUCTION OF HAMLET FOR EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL ⭐
Ian McKellen and Peter Schaufuss will collabarate and perform together at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the world premiere of Hamlet, a new performance concept adapted from Shakespeare’s play, it has been announced.
In his long and distinguished career, Ian McKellen has played Hamlet twice, in productions 50 years apart. In 1971 he took the rôle on tour and in the West End and then last year, aged 81, he revisited it in a age, colour, and gender-blind production at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Despite Covid, that four-month run was completely sold out.
Now McKellen is to return to Hamlet in a world première at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing with the Edinburgh Festival Ballet Company. It is sure to be one of the hottest tickets in the Fringe line up.
Ian – performing Hamlet’s famous speeches, soliloquies and more – will share the rôle of Hamlet with lead dancer Johan Christiansen, and will be on stage throughout the 75-minute production.
Also performing at every performance will be Luke Schaufuss, Stefan Wise and artists from the Edinburgh Festival Ballet.
The creative team includes director & choreographer Peter Schaufuss, with original music composed by Ethan Lewis Maltby and production design by Ben M Rogers
This production of ‘Hamlet’ will launch the 400-seat Ashton Hall at Saint Stephens Edinburgh, a new performance venue in the Scottish capital named after the famous choreographer, the late Sir Frederick Ashton.
Hamlet will play Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens Edinburgh, running from 2nd – 28th August 2022, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://ctzn.tk/HamletMCKELLEN
