BAM’s Hamlet Performs Pop-Up Scene in Brooklyn

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The pop-up performance was held after production elements for the National Theatre’s transfer of Hamlet were delayed in their arrival to New York.

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Watch Hiran Abeysekera and cast members from BAM's Hamlet take Shakespeare’s Gravedigger scene out of the Harvey Theatre and into the Brooklyn community for a special pop-up performance. Check out a video from the performance below!

Due to changes in global shipping routes, production elements for The National Theatre ’s transfer of Hamlet were delayed in their arrival to New York. As a result, BAM hosted a pop-up performance in Fort Greene Park in April.

The production has now begun performances and will run through May 17.

The staging marks the first transfer under a new multi-year partnership between The National Theatre and BAM, bringing a contemporary interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy to New York audiences.

Abeysekera reprises the title role, portraying the Prince of Denmark as he navigates grief, power, and uncertainty following his father’s death. The production frames the story within a modern context, emphasizing themes of surveillance, privilege, and political instability.

The creative team includes set and Costume Designer Ben Stones , lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound designer Alexandra Faye Braithwaite , composer Richard Taylor , movement director Ira Mandela Siobhan , and fight director Kate Waters . Casting is by Alastair Coomer and Martin Poile , with Georgie Staight serving as associate director and Shereen Ibrahim as voice coach.

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You can now get a first look at at BAM’s Harvey Theater, starring Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera. The show kicks off a new multi-year partnership between BAM and the National Theatre of Great Britain.

Hamlet is now playing at BAM’s Harvey Theater in Brooklyn. The National Theatre production stars Hiran Abeysekera and is directed by Robert Hastie. Critics are weighing in on the contemporary staging of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

To see or not to see? That's not the question that New York City audiences should be asking this spring, when Hamlet arrives in Brooklyn. Watch in this video as we chat with stars Hiran Abeysekera and Francesca Mills before their Brooklyn debut.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Video-Watch-BAMs-HAMLET-Perform-a-Pop-Up-Scene-in-Brooklyn-20260511)._