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William Shakespeare's Hamlet is to be combined with Radiohead's album Hail to the Thief for an unusual new stage show.

Hamlet Hail to the Thief was the brainchild of theatre director Christine Jones, who came up with the idea after noticing the play and album shared similar themes of moral corruption, decay, and dysfunctional government.

The show will receive its world premiere in Manchester in April before transferring to Stratford-Upon-Avon in June. Radiohead's Thom Yorke, who is re-working the 2003 album for the show, described the project as an "interesting and intimidating challenge".
Jones said the idea occurred to her shortly after the album's release, while listening to it and reading the play at the same time. "Paying attention to the lyrics, I became aware of how many songs from Hail to the Thief speak to the themes of the play," she said.

Producers said the "dynamic and frenetic" new version of Hamlet will see Shakespeare's words "illuminated" by the British band's music.
Hail to the Thief will be deconstructed and re-worked by Yorke and performed live by a cast of around 20 musicians and actors. The resulting show is described as "a feverish new live experience, fusing theatre, music and movement".

It will play for three weeks at Manchester's Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, from 27 April 2025.
The show will then transfer to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon, where it will play from 4-28 June.

(Source: BBC)