Friday, 29 May 2015

Hamlet for £10

100 £10 tickets will be spread throughout the auditorium for every performance of Lyndsey Turner’s production of Hamlet starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role at the Barbican Theatre from 5 August 2015.



60 of the Sky Arts £10 tickets will be sold in advance via the Barbican website in an on-line ticket ballot and 30 will be available each day as day-seats. The final 10 will be sold via a select number of charities who work with under-privileged young people. In total, there will be over 8,500 £10 seats made available for this production during the run. 

From today until 10am on Tuesday 16 June 2015, the general public will have the opportunity to enter the lottery ticket ballot by visiting http://hamlet.barbican.org.uk to apply for up to 2 tickets.  On Friday 19 June 2015 the successful applicants will be notified by email with further information about how to purchase their winning tickets from Monday 22 June onwards.

In addition, from time to time, small numbers of tickets in other price bands will be released for advance sale online, please visit http://hamlet-barbican.com/ for up-to-date information.

Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, said: “ At Sky Arts we firmly believe that the Arts should be accessible to everyone - and it is wonderful that this hotly anticipated production of Hamlet will be open for so many more people to share.”

The Hamlet cast also includes Leo Bill as Horatio, Sian Brooke as Ophelia, Anastasia Hille as Gertrude, Ciarán Hinds as Claudius, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith as Laertes and Jim Norton as Polonius. 

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