Join six fearless actors and a live orchestra as they squeeze murder, madness and musical theatre into this blissfully funny retelling of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
This fast-paced, foot-tapping comedy boasts rapier-sharp wit and colossal cod-pieces set to a sumptuous score. Follow our moody hero as he struggles to cope with a dead dad, psychopathic uncle, mad girlfriend and amorous mother.
Inventive, imaginative and immaculately observed, Hamlet! The Musical will leave you helpless with laughter and singing in the aisles.
Reel to Real, Hamlet! The Musical, and Barbershopera have all been nominated in the Musical Theatre Matters awards, with Barbershopera getting three nods and the other shows one each. Read the full story here.
Alan Cumming’s idea to create the world’s first Hamlet musical has, alas, already been done and is currently playing the Pleasance Courtyard until the end of August! His reaction to this discovery was captured on film – click here to observe (Skip to 2mins 57secs in).
Hamlet! The Musical
Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33)
4 - 30 August (not 18 August)
Start time 17:00
Running time 70 minutes
Tickets £6 - £12
Online Bookings:
Venue | Fringe | Comedy Festival
Phone Bookings:
Venue 0131 556 6550
Fringe 0131 226 0000
Official Show Website
'Brilliantly irreverent'
Channel 4
Join six fearless actors and a live orchestra as they squeeze murder, madness and musical theatre into this blissfully funny retelling of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
This fast-paced, foot-tapping comedy boasts rapier-sharp wit and colossal cod-pieces set to a sumptuous score. Follow our moody hero as he struggles to cope with a dead dad, psychopathic uncle, mad girlfriend and amorous mother.
Inventive, imaginative and immaculately observed, Hamlet! The Musical will leave you helpless with laughter and singing in the aisles.
See it or Elsinore!
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Read who else won here.
‘My “sleeper hit” of the fringe… ‘
Read the full review here
Reel to Real, Hamlet! The Musical, and Barbershopera have all been nominated in the Musical Theatre Matters awards, with Barbershopera getting three nods and the other shows one each. Read the full story here.
Alan Cumming’s idea to create the world’s first Hamlet musical has, alas, already been done and is currently playing the Pleasance Courtyard until the end of August! His reaction to this discovery was captured on film – click here to observe (Skip to 2mins 57secs in).
‘This is a very entertaining musical adaptation…’
Read the full review here:
http://www.whatsonstage.com/reviews/theatre/edinburgh/E8831281869586/Hamlet%21+The+Musical.html
http://www.thepublicreviews.com/ed-fringe-2010-hamlet-the-musical-pleasance-courtyard/
Pleasance Courtyard, 17.00, throughout August
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