That it’s opened in Factory International’s cavernous Aviva Studios in Manchester before visiting the Royal Shakespeare Company’s main stage in Stratford-upon-Avon adds to the peculiar, cool energy.

Stand Up” blasts while bodies drop dead on the stage. The play’s the thing when you fuse Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief and stage it as: Hamlet to the Thief.

“Hamlet Hail to the Thief” — co-directed by Christine Jones and Steven Hoggett for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and co-created by the Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke — runs at Aviva ...

SHAKESPEARE and Radiohead meet on the RSC stage next month. Thom Yorke, frontman of the acclaimed rock band, has teamed-up ...

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is adapting the band’s 2003 album ‘Hail To The Thief’ for a new production of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”, which will host its world premiere next year at ...

The play’s not really the thing in Aviva Studios’ Hamlet Hail to the Thief, which uneasily fuses Shakespeare’s tragedy with Radiohead’s 2003 album. The join is about as seamless as the ...