Horatio & Hamlet
adapted by Harry Reed
1 - 12 October 2024, 7.30 pm
Preview performances: 1-2 October
Press night: 3 October
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go
Experience Shakespeare’s most famous play as you never have before with Harry Reed’s unparalleled adaptation of Hamlet.
While maintaining and reshaping the original text, this dynamic two-hander gives a unique insight into Horatio and Hamlet's relationship, revealing moments of joy, pain, and friendship previously left unseen.
Shakespeare ends his original work with Horatio for a reason, it’s time to see why.
We meet the two friends in Hamlet’s dilapidated student flat, 2 months after the funeral of Hamlet’s father. As they navigate the wilderness of grief together, unhealthy coping mechanisms manifest into a far more dangerous reality. The lines between fact and fiction begin to blur in Hamlet’s mind and Horatio is left to collect the pieces of his broken friend and bring him back to reality.
“Horatio & Hamlet is about love and friendship when it’s needed most.” - Harry Reed, Adaptor and Director
This is a co-production brought to you by Just A Regular House Productions & Series2 Theatre Company
CAST and CREATIVES
Horatio: Alex Dean
Hamlet: Joseph Ryan-Hughes
Adapted & Directed by: Harry Reed
Costume & Set Design by: Laura Mugford
Series2 Theatre Company originally brought a version of this adaptation to life in 2022 (simply named ‘Hamlet’) for a limited run at the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. Press for this production:
✭✭✭✭ “A fascinating sixty minutes of theatre”
✭✭✭✭ “Clever, pacey, and extremely funny”
Just a Regular House is an emerging theatre company who is no stranger to the Barons Court Theatre. Their previous productions of ‘A Butcher of Distinction’ and Nick Payne’s ‘One Day When We Were Young’ received OFFIE nominations, and an OFFCOM commendation respectively.
✭✭✭✭✭ “gripping, shocking, funny and disturbing”
Jack the Lad Mag on A BUTCHER OF DISTINCTION
✭✭✭✭✭ “just gorgeous”
London Pub Theatres on ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
✭✭✭✭ “majestic acting”
A Young(ish) Perspective on WE ARE MONSTERS X GLASS
✭✭✭✭ “emotional and exhilarating”
