![]() ![]() ![]() It’s stylised through a jazzy, punky lens. The production is resolutely modern, with printed T-shirts and Adidas Classics by way of regal military dress uniforms and dinner suits how you might imagine life inside Windsor Castle today. Tonight’s audience saw the speech restored to its original place, though whether that was in response to the criticism or an expected by-product of preview experimentation remains a topic of debate. ![]() The controversy stoked by Kate Malby’s 2-star review for the Times, which called out director Lyndsey Turner for moving Hamlet’s “To be or not to be” soliloquy to the front of the play, called into question the role of the preview window. ![]() Led by his wife, the theater and opera director Sophie Hunter, guests included Mark Gattiss, co-creator and star of Sherlock, and former Downton Abbey alumni Dan Stevens (who worked with the actor in The Fifth Estate) and Allen Leech, from in the Cumberbatch-starrer The Imitation Game.Īn afterparty in the Barbican lobby kicked off following the final curtain, as reviews of the production - which sold out its initial allocation of tickets more than a year ago - began to trickle in. Given the media circus that has surrounded the event, the opening itself was comparatively low key, especially when measured against the flashing bulbs and red carpet treatment afforded some of the splashier musical theater openings.Ī roster of Cumberbatch co-stars thronged the auditorium to cheer on their man. EXCLUSIVE: After three weeks of previews marked by a level of press scrutiny rarely witnessed on the London stage, including “reviews” of the first night’s performance, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet made its official bow tonight at the Barbican Theatre. ![]()
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