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\nShakespeare\u2018s most famous tragedy will collide with Radiohead\u2018s 2003 album \u201cHail to the Thief\u201d when \u201cHamlet Hail to the Thief\u201d opens at London\u2019s Barbican Theatre on Oct. 31, running through Jan. 23, 2027. <\/p>\n

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\n\tThe production marks the London premiere of the show, which played to sold-out houses at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, last year.<\/p>\n

\n\tSamuel Blenkin \u2013 known for \u201cAlien: Earth\u201d on FX and Bong Joon-ho\u2019s \u201cMickey 17\u201d \u2013 reprises the title role. Ami Tredrea returns as Ophelia, with Paul Hilton as Claudius and the Ghost, Claudia Harrison as Gertrude, Alby Baldwin as Horatio, Brandon Grace as Laertes, Felipe Pacheco as Guildenstern, Romaya Weaver as Barnarda and Player Queen, and Marienella Phillips as Offstage Swing. Further casting is to be announced.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production is co-created and co-directed by choreographer Steven Hoggett and theater artist Christine Jones, with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke reworking the album\u2019s material. The songs are performed live onstage by a company of musicians and actors, with Shakespeare\u2019s text and Radiohead\u2019s music set in dialogue throughout.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m into finally bringing \u2018Hamlet Hail to The Thief\u2019 to London, and to the Barbican of all places. It is fascinating and very strange to me how this came to life and how it has worked. When it revealed itself to us over time I was shocked, having never had this kind of experience before. I am happy for it to be seen by a wider audience in such an intense space,\u201d Yorke said.<\/p>\n

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\n\tJones added: \u201cBringing this brutal play into the Barbican\u2019s brutalist space seems fated. I feel fiercely fortunate to regroup with these incisive collaborators and push our work further. Both the play and the album continue to speak urgently to the convulsed world we find ourselves in. For me, working on this project is one way to find the ground beneath me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe production is presented by ATC Music Group, Vivek J. Tiwary for TEG+, and Nate Koch. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHail to the Thief,\u201d recorded in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and the subsequent War on Terror, draws on dystopian themes including Orwell-inspired lyrics and Brothers Grimm-style imagery. Radiohead returned to the stage last year after a seven-year hiatus for a series of sold-out arena residencies across Europe.<\/p>\n

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