Guildford Shakespeare Company has announced that Olivier award-nominated actor Freddie Fox will be performing as Hamlet in their next production, which runs from 29 January to 19 February 2022 at Holy Trinity Church in Guildford.
Fox’s recent credits include: Mark Thatcher in The Crown (Netflix); Tony in The Pursuit of Love (BBC1) and Jeremy Bamber in White House Farm (ITV), with theatre credits including An Ideal Husband (West End); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Crucible – for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award) and Edmond de Bergerac (Birmingham Rep/UK tour). He received his Olivier Award nomination (Best Actor in a Supporting Role) in 2017 for Travesties (West End).
Broken by his father’s death, stunned by his mother’s hasty remarriage, and rejected by his childhood sweetheart, Hamlet wants nothing more than to return to university and his previous life. But this is no ordinary family, and Hamlet is Prince of Denmark. The state is in turmoil. Enemy forces are on the border. The walls have ears.
And then one night, a watchman sees something terrifying. Something impossible.
Hamlet is the unforgettable story of a man trapped in a life he is desperate to leave behind, charged with fulfilling a destiny beyond his reach. Thriller, mystery and tragedy combine in Shakespeare’s masterpiece.
GSC’s production of Hamlet is directed by Tom Littler and designed by Neil Irish, and features live music performed by the cast. Littler is artistic director of Jermyn Street Theatre (winner of The Stage Award for Fringe Theatre of the Year, in January 2021) and has directed for GSC on several occasions; most recently She Stoops To Conquer and All’s Well That Ends Well.
Hamlet is GSC’s first production of 2022; the rest of the programme includes Sonnet Walk Weekend (23/24 April), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (16 June – 2 July), The Tempest (15 – 30 July) and Jekyll and Hyde (14 October – 5 November), with further details to be announced in the new year.
