West End Transfer

Fresh from a nigh-on sold-out run at the National's Lyttleton Theatre, this Olivier-nominated (Best New Play, Best Actor, Best Director) new play from Jack Thorne transfers to the Noel Coward Theatre for a strictly limited reprise, beginning in December 2023. Directed by Sam Mendes and starring Mark Gatiss, Johnny Flynn, and Tuppence Middleton, this vibrant and ferociously funny piece offers a peek into a rehearsal room boiling over with ego as John Gielgud (Gatiss) prepares to direct Richard Burton (Flynn) as Hamlet on Broadway.

In 'a love letter to the theatre' (Evening Standard) the two go head to head, clashing over almost every detail as the old-school Gieulgud is forced to recon with the rebellious, newly married Burton. With their careers, values and a lot of money on the line, can the two work together, or will this Hamlet be struck down before the first act?

No stranger to rehearsal rooms, Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing recipient Jack Thorne is one of the UK's most in-demand writers with credits including Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, Let The Right One In, After Life and the upcoming Stranger Things: The First Shadow.