FROM SHERLOCK TO SHAKESPEARE'S PRINCE!

Sherlock Holmes star, Benedict Cumberbatch, is currently leading the Barbican Theatre's highly-anticipated production of Hamlet. The Olivier-winning stage and screen star has taken up the mantle at the Barbican to play the brooding Dane in this exciting new play which sees Ciaran Hinds as his arch-nemesis, Claudius.

Cumberbatch shared the Best Actor Olivier Award in 2012 for his role in Frankenstein. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for his supporting role in the West End production of Hedda Gabler, and appeared in the acclaimed film adaptation of War Horse as well as the multi-Oscar winning film 12 Years a Slave, The Hobbit series and Star Trek: Into Darkness.

Tickets for this sold-out are still available if you book a theatre break - available here ►

WHAT IS hamlet ABOUT?

One of Shakespeare's best known tragedies, the story set in Denmark where the title character plans his revenge against the uncle who murdered his father, before usurping the throne for himself.After a period of self-imposed exile, the dispossessed prince makes his return from the shadows, consumed by grief and a lust for revenge against the man who betrayed him.

DID YOU KNOW?

Cumberbatch won't have been the only Sherlock star to tread the boards in a Shakespeare play in the 2014/15 season - his co-star Martin Freeman (the ever-reliable John Watson), took on the lead in Jamie Lloyd's new Richard III at the Trafalgar Studio earlier this summer!