A behind the scenes look at Hamlet

News 6 Sept 2025

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Step behind the scenes of a rehearsal room crackling with energy, as our first-ever production of Hamlet  takes shape. Explore exclusive rehearsal images and dynamic videos that bring the process to life. Find out why Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera says this iconic play is worth experiencing again and again.

Now playing the Minerva Theatre until 4 October. Book your tickets here.

Find the full gallery of rehearsal images here. 

It's bottomless in terms of what you can get out of it

Giles Terera

The brilliance of Shakespeare's language is it's malleable and changeable

Justin Audibert

Want to delve deeper? Read our interview with director Justin Audibert, where he describes Hamlet as 'the Mount Olympus of acting challenges'. Click here to read more...

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