A PERFORMANCE of Hamlet which was recorded at Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester will be screened at Pershore's Number 8.

From its sell-out run at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre comes a critically acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s tragic Hamlet.

Stripped-back, fresh and fast-paced, BAFTA nominee Maxine Peake creates a modern day Hamlet.

Hamlet’s father is dead and Denmark has crowned a new king.

Consumed by grief, Hamlet struggles to exact revenge, with devastating consequences.

This groundbreaking stage production, directed by Sarah Frankcom, was the Royal Exchange’s fastest-selling show in a decade.

Alongside Maxine Peake as the eponymous prince, a number of other roles, including Polonius and Rosencrantz, are also played by women.

Hamlet is brought to cinemas by director Margaret Williams, whose Written on Skin for the Royal Opera House/BBC won the Gramophone Contemporary Award and the Diapason d’Or.

Producers Anne Beresford and Debbie Gray were the team behind the highly successful cinema broadcast of Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach.

Screened on Thursday, April 23 at 7pm, tickets cost £14 and are available by calling 01386 555488.