Hamlet

Direct from a triple-extended New York run and prior to a highly anticipated London transfer, Tony-nominated and Emmy-winning actor Eddie Izzard brings her celebrated solo theatrical performance of Shakespeare’s iconic play to Chicago in a strictly limited engagement. The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge — initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Izzard seamlessly shifts between 23 characters — men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets — in this tour-de-force performance.

Eddie shared, “I have always gravitated towards complex and challenging characters and Hamlet is the ultimate. This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero… I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, scary and dramatic Hamlet.”