Benedict is Hamlet

Doctor Who star Benedict Cumberbatch takes on Shakespeare’s famous tragic role in the National Theatre Live production of Hamlet, on screen at the Macrobert Arts Centre next month.

Seen by more than 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NTL Live broadcast makes a return to the cinema on Thursday, October 5 with an encore on Tuesday, October 17.

Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, the Prince of Denmark rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.