The Town Hall’s popular National Theatre Live programme returns with Hamlet screened on Thursday 5th October from 7pm. Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.

Now seen by over 750,000 people worldwide, the original 2015 NT Live broadcast returns to cinemas.

As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

All NT Live screenings take advantage of the Town Hall’s HD cinema projection and full Digital Surround Sound to replicate the atmosphere of the theatre as it happens. The fully licenced Sarah Ann bar will be open for the screenings. Tickets for both parts can be bought in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk/mnct by or phoning 01761 419133. Tickets will also be available on the door.