Luke Thallon expertly blends sincerity and neediness as the embattled prince in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s latest production.
The date, projected behind the stage before a word is spoken, is a clue - 14th April 1912. “Why so specific?” was my first ...
Luke Thallon talks about his decision to play Hamlet for The Royal Shakespeare Company and his struggles with mental health.
Considering the plot is inescapably engraved in theatrical history, and everyone knows how it goes and what occurs, I’ve no ...
Shakespeare’s tragedy becomes a tense psychological thriller in Rupert Goold’s production at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon ...
The rising star makes his Shakespearean debut in Stratford-upon-Avon, but does Rupert Goold's ocean-liner interpretation of ...
Set at sea, Rupert Goold’s conceptually bold production ultimately works because of Thallon’s thrillingly commanding ...
What do Shakespeare and James Cameron have in common? Before Rupert Goold took hold of the Bard’s tragic masterpiece, the answer would have been ‘nothing’. The soon-to-be artistic director of the Old ...
The time is out of joint, cries Hamlet. Dawning on him is the reality of crisis – political, personal, existential. ​ And ...
Dialogue is punctuated by stop-start bursts of language, there are involuntary vocal and body tics, manic laughter and many ...
What about the passengers on this ocean liner? Luke Thallon is supported by an experienced cast, including Jared Harris as Claudius, Nancy Carroll as Gertrude, Elliot Levey as Polonius and Anton ...
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Thallon is in good company when it comes to playing Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Stephens, Alex Jennings, David Tennant ...