Eddie Izzard’s Solo “Hamlet” Comes To Seattle Rep This Spring For Limited Run

Genderfluid actor/comedian/activist EDDIE IZZARD is one of the hardest working people in show business, constantly touring their stand up act as well as other artistic projects like their much acclaimed solo performance of Shakespeare’s HAMLET which has played to dazzling success in London, New York, Chicago, and soon….SEATTLE! Yes, “Suzy” the name she prefers privately but still bills herself professionally as Eddie Izzard, is bringing her solo Hamlet to Seattle Rep from Wednesday April 30th through Sunday May 11th as a co-presentation between the Rep and Seattle Theatre Group.

Tickets go on sale on Thurs., March 6 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased online at www.seattlerep.org, by phone at 206-443-2222, or in person at the Seattle Rep box office at 155 Mercer Street at Seattle Center.

 Following an upcoming two-week run at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre, a triple-extended New York run, a box office record-breaking two-week run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and a six-week London run—which Dame Judi Dench called ‘Spectacular’—Tony Award-nominated Eddie Izzard brings her acclaimed solo performance of Hamlet to Seattle! Izzard brings 23 characters to life in a dynamic new staging of William Shakespeare’s iconic play, adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell. This two-week engagement performs Weds., April 30 to Sun., May 11 at Seattle Rep’s Leo K. Theatre and is a co-presentation by Seattle Theatre Group (STG) and Seattle Rep.

Hamlet received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance, as well as a nomination for the Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award.

The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet must take revenge—initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. In Hamlet, Izzard portrays men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets.

Hamlet marks Izzard’s second theatre production, following her sold-out run of Charles Dicken’s Great Expectations, which played to rave reviews in New York and at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West end.

A Tony Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor, Izzard’s boundary-pushing career includes critically acclaimed roles in theater, film, and television. On Broadway, Izzard starred in Roundabout Theatre’ Company’s 2003 revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, garnering the Tony nomination for Leading Actor in a Play—and appeared in David Mamet’s Race. Major London stage credits include The Cryptogram, Edward II, 900 Oneonta, Joe Egg, and Lenny. Izzard made her West End debut in 1993 in her show Live at the Ambassadors, receiving an Oliver Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. Izzard’s film roles include Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul opposite Dame Judi Dench, Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe, Peter Bogdanovich’s The Cat’s Meow, Valkyrie, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and the recent Doctor Jekyll in which she plays Dr. Nina Jekyll and Rachel Hyde as well as Charlie Covell’s Kaos with Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer. She is the recipient of two Emmy Awards for her televised special, “Dressed to Kill.” Izzard has also been seen as Dr. Abel Gideon in “Hannibal” and in FX’s critically acclaimed series. “The Riches,” in which Izzard both starred and executive produced.

The creative team for Hamlet includes Tom Piper (Set Design), Tyler Elich (Lighting Design), Tom Piper and Libby DaCosta (Costume Stylist), Eliza Thompson (Composer), Didi Hopkins (Movement Director), and J. Allen Suddeth (Fight Director). Hamlet is produced by WestBeth Entertainment, Mick Perrin Worldwide, and John Gore.