Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® to present HAMLET in London

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® will take on the story of a privileged, bad-tempered lad who goes a bit bonkers and does some stabbings. Hamlet will run at the Leicester Square Theatre from 7 August to 21 September 2025.

Featuring a cast of professional Shakespearean actors, Sh!t-faced Shakespeare® have spent 15 years touring the world and won numerous awards along the way. Their production takes an unpredictable twist every night as one performer is chosen to be deliberately intoxicated for up to four hours before the performance starts. The rest of the cast must then navigate the play, improvising their way through the unpredictable chaos that springs from their colleague's booze-fuelled antics.

This production of Hamlet will be directed by Stacey Norris, produced by James Murfitt and Johanna Rigg for Leicester Square Theatre, dance choreography from Beth-Louise Priestley and fight choreography from Robbie Capaldi, lighting design by Tom Williams, set design by Nicola Jones and costume design by Lorna Jean Costumes.

Casting for the production will be announced in due course.