The Hamlet Project by William Shakespeare

Contains themes of grief, death and mental disorders, reference to suicidal thoughts and the loss of a parent, depictions of violent acts, mental illness, violence, sexism, misogyny. The production features loud noises and loud music.

Nina Bowers plays Hamlet. Her theatre credits include English Kings Killing Foreigners (Soho Theatre, also co-writer), Our Cosmic Dust (Park Theatre), As You Like It, The Henry’s (Shakespeare’s Globe), Girl on an Altar (Kiln Theatre, Abbey Theatre Dublin), Crave (Barbican Theatre), Dear Elizabeth, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 (Gate Theatre), The Magic Flute (English National Opera, London Coliseum), The Empress (RSC) and The Wolves (Theatre Royal Stratford East). Her television credits include The Diplomat and Lockwood & Co.

Gretchen Egolf plays Gertrude. Originally from the USA, she has performed on and off Broadway, in and off West End, and in regional theatres across the US. Her theatre credits include The Autumn Garden (Jermyn Street), A Streetcar Named Desire (The Guthrie), Ring Round the Moon (Lincoln Center), Betrayal (Huntington), Jackie (Broadway and West End), Arcadia (ACT), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Old Globe), Design for Living (Shakespeare Theater), Titus Andronicus (NY Shakespeare Exchange), Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Candida (Pittsburgh Public), Private Lives, Much Ado About Nothing, Faith Healer (Barrington Stage). Film and television credits include The Son, Hijack, Pennyworth, Silent Witness, Doctor Who, Journeyman, Elementary, Law and Order (and SVU), The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, CSI Miami, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Martial Law, Roswell, and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Gretchen trained at Juilliard and teaches and directs in several London drama schools, specializing in the Michael Chekhov technique.

Emma Harrison plays Ophelia, Rosencrantz. A recent graduate of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, her theatre credits include Cuckoo (Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool Everyman). TV includes Babies (BBC).

Gareth Kennerley plays Polonius, Laertes. His theatre credits include The Bear, The Importance of Being Earnest (Play in the Park), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Australian Shakespeare Company), Great Expectations (Mercury Theatre), Trouble in Butetown (Donmar Warehouse), Othello, The Corn is Green, Saint Joan (National Theatre), The Tragedy of Macbeth (Almeida Theatre), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre), House and Garden (Watermill Theatre), Five Guys Chillin (King’s Head Theatre), Stand Up, Carmen (Stephen Joseph Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, Richard II (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory), Rush, Pavement (Theatre West), Sweeney Todd (Dundee Rep), Cloud Sensation (Curving Road), Doctor Faustus, The School for Scandal (Greenwich Theatre), War Horse (National Theatre, New London Theatre), Under Milk Wood (Kiln Theatre), The Pendulum (Jermyn Street Theatre) and Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Theatres, Savoy Theatre). His television credits include, Professor T; and for film, My Policeman.

Freddie MacBruce plays Hamlet. He is a recent graduate from RADA. His theatre credits include The Little Foxes (Young Vic Theatre).

Nathaniel Martello-White plays Claudius and is a RADA graduate. His theatre credits include People, Places & Things (National Theatre, Trafalgar Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse), Who Cares, Gastronauts, The Internet Is Serious Business, Collaboration, Oxford Street (Royal Court Theatre), Edward II (National Theatre), Marat/Sade, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, City Madame (RSC), Knives and Hens, Innocence (Arcola Theatre), Bad Blood Blues (Theatre Royal Stratford East) and Romeo and Juliet (UK tour). His television credits include Nicole Lecky’s Wild Cherry, The Winter King, Deceit, I Hate Suzie, Small Axe, Kiri, Collateral, Guerrilla, Silk, Fleabag, Misfits, Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show, Comedy Lab, Mongrels, Coming Up, Roman Mysteries, The Brothers Size and Party Animals; and for film, Daddy’s Head, Daphne, Life Just Is, Hard Boiled Sweets, Invisible, Heat, Red Tails, Sisterhood of The Travelling Pants 2, Deadmeat and Moonwalkers. Nathaniel is also a writer of an anthology of poetry, A Western Nightmare, the award-winning plays Blackta (Young Vic) and Torn (Royal Court), feature film The Strays released on Netflix (2023) and the short film Cla’am (Best UK short Award at Raindance).

Sinéad Rushe is an Olivier Award nominated theatre director and acting coach. Her theatre work includes Who’s There (UC Davis, USA), Othello (Riverside Studios), AntigoneNOW (Cairo International Festival of Experimental Theatre, Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center), Loaded (Old Rep Birmingham, The Place), Concert (Barbican Theatre, New York and international tour), Night Just Before the Forests (Macau Arts Festival China), Diary of a Madman (Sherman Cymru and international tour), and Out of Time (Barbican Theatre, New York and international tour – Olivier Award nomination). She is the Artistic Director of Creative Actor Training and Lead Acting Tutor at RADA. She is the author of Michael Chekhov’s Acting Technique: A Practitioner’s Guide, and co-translator into French of four plays by Howard Barker.

Trish Wadley is a five-time Olivier nominee currently producing Suzie Miller’s new play.

Most recently she has produced Prima Facie by Suzie Miller (Athens, Greece), BURN by Chris Thompson, FANGIRLS by Yve Blake at Lyric Hammersmith. On The West End she co-produced A Mirror, Opening Night and the Bob Marley musical Get Up Stand Up! Other recent productions include a critically acclaimed Othello at Riverside Studios, a successful Off West End revival of The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute at Park Theatre and the Australian premiere of Tiny Beautiful Things by Nia Vardalos in Brisbane and Sydney.

Following an extensive international career in Media as a Journalist and Director of Marketing, Trish moved into theatre working at The Bush Theatre and Kiln Theatre. She created FRESH LINES, a regular series showcasing emerging talent in the Salon of Spring Restaurant, Somerset House. She is a member of SOLT and UK Theatre, a Stage One Bursary recipient, Director of The Uncertainty Principle, a Trustee of The Britain Australia Society and Advance Ambassador for Australia.

Mike Winship is sound designer. A member of the National Theatre’s Sound & Video department for over a decade, he worked alongside a range of directors and musicians including: Complicité, Katie Mitchell, Rufus Norris, Gareth Fry, Paul Arditti, Matthew Herbert, Goldfrapp and Cerys Matthews. He is also a sound editor, recordist and engineer. His work covers dance, film, audio drama and art installations, often incorporating binaural sound techniques. Theatre credits include: The Estate (National), Yerma (RADA), Toto Kerblammo! (Unicorn), Arcade (David Rosenberg), The Yellow Wallpaper (Coronet), Barriers (National), Antigone (Mercury), Anna X (Harold Pinter), Mephisto (Gate), The Jumper Factory (Young Vic), The Mysteries (Manchester Royal Exchange), Zoo (Theatre 503). Film includes: Void Days and Can I Live? (Complicité).

Michael Fox is composer and associate director. Fox is perhaps best known as Andy the footman in Downton Abbey, both for television and film. He is also a singer-songwriter and formed the folk duo Michael and Michelle with his Downton Abbey co-star Michelle Dockery, releasing their first EP with Decca Records in 2023. His theatre credits include Land of the Living (National Theatre), Farewell Mister Haffman, Clybourne Park (Park Theatre), Fear of 13 (Donmar Warehouse), Othello (Riverside Studios), Kerry Jackson (National Theatre), All in a Row, A Lie of the Mind (Southwark Playhouse) and An Enemy of the People (Chichester Theatre). Other television work includes Midsomer Murders, Endeavour, The Ark, Bombing Auschwitz, New Worlds, Little Big Mouth, and Mrs Bradley Mysteries; and for film, Dunkirk, The World Will Tremble, Good People, and Bonver.

Joeley Gibson is Movement Director. An actor-choreographer Joeley Anne graduated from Tring Park, Rose Bruford and Trinity Laban. Recent projects include: Acting leads (Greenwich Film, Brighton Rocks) Arkadina in The Seagull (Bridge House Theatre), Ensemble/MD for Second Person Narrative (Omnibus Theatre), dancing with E33, Alauda Dance, and Brighton & Wandsworth Fringe. Her dance film Beyond the Plaques (2024, English Heritage, Co-Director) received 25 nominations. She recently movement assisted on ITV's The Lady and is joining NYT's Epic Stages.