Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced a limited engagement of Tony Award-nominee Eddie Izzard’s Hamlet. Following her triumphant triple-extended New York run, a box office record-breaking run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and a six-week London run, which Dame Judi Dench called “Spectacular,” and sold-out runs in San Francisco and Seattle, Izzard performs her solo performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at STC’s Klein Theatre March 27 through April 5, 2026. Eddie Izzard’s limited engagement at STC is part of a newly announced North American tour, which includes runs in Los Angeles, Austin, and Toronto (with more cities to be announced).
Hamlet marks Izzard’s second solo show following her sold-out run of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, which played to rave reviews in New York and at The Garrick Theatre in London’s West End. Izzard’s performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet sees her take on 23 characters in an incredibly unique retelling of the iconic play. The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge, initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Izzard portrays men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, and fools in “An impressive sweeping performance” (The London Telegraph).
Hamlet is adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell, with whom Eddie Izzard also collaborated on the highly successful Great Expectations.
“I have always gravitated towards playing complex and challenging characters, and Hamlet is the ultimate,” says Izzard. “This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero. Selina, Mark, and I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, tragic, and dramatic Hamlet.”
Known as an actor, multilingual comedian, multi-marathon runner, and activist, Eddie Izzard’s career pushes boundaries and defies description with record-breaking tours and critically acclaimed film, TV, and theater performances.
The design team for Hamlet consists of Tom Piper (set), Tyler Elich with Anthony Forchielli (lighting), Eliza Thompson (music), Tom Piper and Libby DaCosta (costume stylists), and Didi Hopkins (Movement Director). It is produced by West Beth Entertainment, Mick Perrin Worldwide, and John Gore.
Eddie Izzard’s The Tragedy of Hamlet runs March 27-April 5, 2026, in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theater, 450 7th St NW, Washington, DC. Tickets for Hamlet at STC go on sale publicly on Tuesday, November 18, at 10 am, and start at $90. More information and tickets are available at ShakespeareTheatre.org.
ABOUT EDDIE IZZARD
A Tony Award-nominated and double Emmy Award-winning actor, Eddie Izzard’s boundary-pushing career includes critically acclaimed roles in theater, film, and television. On Broadway, Izzard starred in Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2003 revival of A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, garnering a Tony nomination for Leading Actor in a Play, and appeared in David Mamet’s Race. Major London stage credits include The Cryptogram, Edward II, 900 Oneota, Joe Egg, and Lenny. Izzard made her West End debut in 1993 in her show Live at the Ambassadors, receiving an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement. Izzard’s film roles include Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul opposite Dame Judi Dench, Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe, Peter Bogdanovich’s The Cat’s Meow, Valkyrie, Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen, and the recent Doctor Jekyll in which she plays Dr. Nina Jekyll and Rachel Hyde, as well as Charlie Covell’s Kaos with Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer. Izzard has also been seen as Dr. Abel Gideon in Hannibal and FX’s critically acclaimed series The Riches, in which Izzard both starred and executive produced.
ABOUT WESTBETH ENTERAINMENT
WestBeth Entertainment has consistently delivered critically acclaimed, financially successful, groundbreaking productions for over 35 years. WestBeth’s ability to meld creative vision with financial and production savvy has created a unique company out of making artists’ and audience’s dreams come true. Developing and introducing artists and talent to North American audiences has a big part of WestBeth’s history. From Billy Connolly to Eddie Izzard, The Jim Henson Company to John Leguizamo and Trevor Noah to Hannah Gadsby, WBE has been the creative catalyst, partner and producer of some of the most innovative performances and productions on the continent in venues throughout North America including Madison Square Garden, The Hollywood Bowl, Toronto’s Massey Hall, Chicago’s Chicago Theatre, and even New York’s Radio City Musical Hall. With entertainment and audience enjoyment being a key element, WestBeth’s most recent productions include: Eddie Izzard’s solo performance of Hamlet in New York, Chicago, and London; Tommy Tiernan’s Tomfoolery and Tomedian US tours; Aunty Donna’s The Magical Dead Cat North America tour; Eddie Izzard’s The Remix North America tour; London West End and Off-Broadway production of Eddie Izzard performing Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations; Dame Prue Leith’s Nothing In Moderation shows in NY and LA; Eddie Izzard’s Wunderbar US and Canada tours; Professor Brian Cox’s Universal and Horizons North American Tours; Hannah Gadsby’s Douglas Off-Broadway run; and Brian Henson’s Puppet Up! Uncensored at The Jim Henson Company’s Historic Lot in Hollywood and at Knott’s Berry Farm. Other productions include Eddie Izzard’s first US book tour for the memoir Believe Me, a New York Times Bestseller; North American debut of Australia’s comedy group Aunty Donna; Hannah Gadsby’s North American debut of Nanette; Dylan Moran’s Off The Hook North American Tour; Noel Fielding’s (of The Mighty Boosh and the Great British Bake Off) North American debut tour An Evening with Noel Fielding; ongoing development production of Robert Townsend’s Living The Shuffle; Las Vegas engagement of Brian Henson’s Puppet Up! Uncensored at the Venetian’s Sands Showroom; Eddie Izzard’s Force Majeure American Tour performed in all 50 states; Billy Connolly’s High Horse tour; the Off-Broadway run of comedian Trevor Noah’s Born a Crime; Eric Idle’s What About Dick at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles; John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown on Broadway, the West End, and Colombia, South America; and the national tour, Off-Broadway, Australia tour, and Edinburgh Fringe Festival runs of Puppet Up!
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
For 40 years, the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company has been recognized as the nation’s premier classical theater. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras, STC tells vital stories in audacious forms, stories that are Shakespearean in the deepest sense, even if they are not written by Shakespeare. STC stages epic stories in exhilarating style.
