Hamlet

BBFC RatingHamlet

Showing: 06 February 2026 until 12 February 2026

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Fri 6 Feb 2026
Sat 7 Feb 2026
Sun 8 Feb 2026
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Tue 10 Feb 2026
Wed 11 Feb 2026
Thu 12 Feb 2026

Certificate15
Year2026
GenreDrama
Director(s)Aneil Karia
Writer(s)Michael Lesslie, William Shakespeare
LanguageEnglish, Hindi
CountryUSA, UK
Running Time1HR 53MINS
Season Main Programme
Audio AccessibleClosed Captioning Descriptive subtitles screening on Sat 7 Feb at 12.00pm

Following their Academy Award-winning collaboration The Long Goodbye, Riz Ahmed and director Aneil Karia reunite for this bold Shakespearian adaptation, set in contemporary London.

Hamlet (Ahmed) returns to London for the funeral of his father, but he is shocked when his uncle, Claudius, announces that he’s marrying Hamlet’s just-widowed mother.

After seeing his father’s ghost, who says he was murdered by Claudius (Art Malik), Hamlet becomes consumed by rage and revenge. He goes to violent lengths to avenge his father’s murder, questioning not only his role in the family business, but his own sanity.

Also starring Timothy Spall as Polonius and Morfydd Clark who brings a touching sensitivity to her Ophelia.

"Aneil Karia's Hamlet is a gritty South Asian reimagining that boldly rips the play out of its primary setting and slams it into modern-day London with a cultural charge you haven’t quite seen before." Collider


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