Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated performer Eddie Izzard will return to bring her acclaimed one-person performance of The Tragedy of Hamlet to New Zealand in July 2026, following sold-out seasons in the US and UK. Nominated for two drama awards – NY Outer Critics Circle Award: Outstanding Solo Performance and New York Drama League: Distinguished Performance Award.
Akin to the original performances of Hamlet, Eddie will perform on the blank canvas of a bare stage, letting Shakespeare’s words and pure storytelling take the spotlight. Adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell, this production sees Eddie embody all 23 characters in the timeless tragedy.
The King of Denmark is dead and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge, initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Eddie will be portraying men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools and poets.
“I have always gravitated towards playing complex and demanding characters” says Eddie, “and Hamlet is the pinnacle. This production is for everyone – a timeless drama with an accidental hero. Selina, Mark and I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, scary and dramatic Hamlet.”
This is Eddie Izzard and Hamlet as you’ve never seen them before.
This is Eddie’s second solo production following the sold-out run of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, which played to rave reviews in New York and London.
AUCKLAND Q THEATRE 15 – 18 JULY 2026
WELLINGTON SOUNDINGS THEATRE 21 – 23 JULY 2026
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