Check out these behind-the-scenes photos from Thom Yorke’s new ‘Hamlet Hail To The Thief’ production

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Thom Yorke‘s upcoming Hamlet Hail To The Thief production have been shared today (April 3) – check them out exclusively on NME below.The show, which is based on Radiohead‘s pivotal 2003 album ‘Hail To The Thief’, will see Yorke collaborate with Tony and Olivier Award-winning directors Steven Hoggett and Christine Jones to create a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet.For the production, Yorke will “personally rework” and orchestrate ‘Hail To The Thief’ for a cast of over 20 musicians and actors that will be performed live during each show.

The project is described as a “feverish new live experience, fusing theatre, music and movement”.The synopsis for Hamlet Hail To The Thief reads: “Elsinore has become a surveillance state and hectic runs in the blood of its citizens.

Hamlet Hail To The Thief centres on Hamlet and Ophelia’s awakening to the lies and corruption in Denmark, gradually revealed by ghosts and music.

Paranoia reigns and no one is spared a tragic unraveling.”Samuel Blenkin will play Hamlet, alongside Ami Tredrea as Ophelia and Paul Hilton as Claudius/ Ghost.