When Sorrows Come, they Come not Single Spies, but in Battalions.

This semester sees Old Billycan the Bard himself make a much-anticipated return to Maynooth's stages.

Hamlet, Shakespeare's most famous work, features on the First Year English and Fifth Year Leaving Cert. syllabuses, so we're attempting to accommodate everyone with a series of seminars, as well as our performances to suit all of your educational and theatrical needs.

In conjunction with the English and Admissions departments of NUI Maynooth, we'll be running Hamlet seminars consisting of some key scenes from the play, which will be followed by lectures from the English Department, designed to give those who are studying Hamlet a comprehensive introduction to the text. We have dubiously dubbed this Hamlet-a-thon Seminars will take place during the first week of February (even Shakespeare is subsevient to timetable changes).

Then, of course, we'll also be performing the play itself from Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th of February, each night in the Aula Maxima Theatre on NUIM's South Campus from 7:30. The show will last for around 2 hours, and ticket prices are as follows;
Adults €5; Drama Society Members €3; Group Bookings - contact nuimhamlet@gmail.com for details.

We're hoping for big demand from all parties, and we're now accepting bookings on a first-come first-served basis. Contact nuimhamlet@gmail.com to book a seat.