TAMPA — Tony Award-nominated Eddie Izzard brings her acclaimed solo performance of “The Tragedy of Hamlet” to the Tampa Bay area. Performances will be presented March 13-16 in the Jaeb Theater at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, 1010 N. W.C. MacInnes Place, Tampa.
Tickets start at $60. Visit strazcenter.org.
Izzard brings 23 characters to life in a dynamic new staging of William Shakespeare’s iconic play, adapted by Mark Izzard and directed by Selina Cadell.
The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet must take revenge — initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. In “Hamlet,” Izzard portrays men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools and poets. Izzard says: “I have always gravitated towards playing complex and challenging characters and Hamlet is the ultimate. This is a production for everyone, a timeless drama with an accidental hero. I want audiences to see and hear an accessible, touching, tragic and dramatic Hamlet.”