In this contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, set in a wealthy British South-Asian family, Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns home for his father’s funeral and is shocked to learn that his uncle Claudius (Art Malik) will now marry his widowed mother (Sheeba Chaddha). When his father’s ghost (Avijit Dutt) reveals that Claudius murdered him, Hamlet becomes consumed by revenge, questioning the corruption at the heart of the family’s business, and his own sanity.
| Director: | Aneil Karia |
| Studio: | Vertical Entertainment |
| Producer(s): | James Wilson, Riz Ahmed, Tommy Oliver, Michael Lesslie, Allie Moore |
| Cast: | Riz Ahmed, Art Malik, Joe Alwyn, Timothy Spall, Morfydd Clark, Sheeba Chaddha |
| Writer(s): | Michael Lesslie |