Edinburgh Festival Ballet – Hamlet

In his long and distinguished career, Ian McKellen has played Hamlet twice, in productions 50 years apart. In 1971 he took the rôle on tour and in the West End and then last year, aged 81, he revisited it in a age, colour, and gender-blind production at the Theatre Royal, Windsor. Despite Covid, that four-month run was completely sold out. Now McKellen is to return to Hamlet in a world première at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, performing with the Edinburgh Festival Ballet Company. It is sure to be one of the hottest tickets in the Fringe line up. Ian – performing Hamlet’s famous speeches, soliloquies and more – will share the rôle of Hamlet with lead dancer Johan Christiansen, and will be on stage throughout the 75-minute production.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival. This event takes place at Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens Theatre, 105 St Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AB