Olivier Award-Winner Hiran Abeysekera Stars in a Darkly Funny, Contemporary Hamlet on the Big Screen in Newport

NEWPORT, OR – Oregon Coast Council for the Arts invites theatre lovers to an evening of innovative Shakespeare on Wednesday, November 4 at 7:00 pm, when it presents National Theatre Live’s Hamlet in Ultra HD on the Alice Silverman Theatre’s big screen at Newport Performing Arts Center.

Filmed live in London, the production features Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera, known for his work in Life of Pi, as the title character in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt and surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question, and as the production reminds us, you know the one.

Directing is Robert Hastie, Deputy Artistic Director of the National Theatre, whose credits include Standing at the Sky’s Edge and Operation Mincemeat. Together, the company…