Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is collaborating with directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones on “Hamlet Hail to the Thief,” a new theater adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy incorporating music from Radiohead’s 2003 album “Hail to the Thief.”
Described as a “feverish new live experience,” the show will feature Shakespeare’s text illuminated by Radiohead’s album, reworked by Yorke and performed live by a cast of 20 musicians and actors.
The adaptation reimagines Elsinore as a surveillance state. The plot centers on Hamlet and Ophelia’s awakening to the lies and corruption in Denmark, gradually revealed by ghosts and music. The production promises a world where paranoia reigns and no one is spared a tragic unraveling.
Hoggett, an Olivier Award-winning choreographer and director, is known for his work on “The Curious Incident of the Dog…
