What do you get if you combine the greatest English writer with the greatest living English band?
Hamlet Hail to the Thief is undoubtedly a clunky title, but it does at least give a fair representation of what you'll witness: Shakespeare's Hamlet accompanied by reworked songs from Radiohead's Hail to the Thief.
The unlikely crossover gets its London premiere at the Barbican in October, following sold-out shows at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford (the not-London one), and Aviva Studios in Manchester.
Original cast members, most of whom are returning. Image: Manuel Harlan.
According to organisers:
