Suzy Eddie Izzard wanted a chance to take on Shakespeare. She’s now playing every role in ‘Hamlet.’

Suzy Eddie Izzard has never lacked for chutzpah. As a person and performer, the British stand-up comic has always lived with ...
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Interview: Before solo ‘Hamlet’ in Tampa, Suzy Eddie Izzard says drama and acting ‘was a substitute for love and mum’s affection’

Suzy Eddie Izzard at at Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, on Oct. 11, 2023. If you were going to pick a Shakespeare play to adapt into a solo work, you ...
LAist

Suzy Eddie Izzard is all on her own for her ‘Hamlet' show at the Montalbán

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Suzy Eddie Izzard may be best known as a comedian, but her next project, an interpretation ...
The Spokesman-Review

British standup comedian Eddie Izzard brings ‘fresh and bubbly,’ yet history-heavy show to First Interstate Center for the Arts

The quick-wit and historical dialogue combined with a seemingly ever-constant streamline of logic and commentary make it difficult to define the comedy stylings of Eddie Izzard, but they also make up ...
BroadwayWorld

Eddie Izzard's HAMLET Extends at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater

Tony Award-nominated Eddie Izzard’s solo performance of Hamlet will extend its San Francisco engagement. Infused with her signature wit and storytelling, Izzard brings to life 23 characters in a ...
TheWrap

‘Doctor Jekyll’ Review: Eddie Izzard Beguiles in Hammer’s Latest House of Horrors

For decades, Hammer Studios was synonymous with monsters. And heaving breasts. And blood. Their classics “Curse of Frankenstein” and “Horror of Dracula” helped yank iconic movie monsters out of their ...
CBS News

Eddie Izzard brings a spare, solo "Hamlet" to ACT's Strand Theater

"Use all gently," advises Hamlet to the Player King in Act 3 Scene 2 of Shakespeare's famed tragedy. "For in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, the whirlwind of passion," he continues, "you ...
AOL

Eddie Izzard clears up preferred names and pronouns

Eddie Izzard has clarified her preferred name and pronouns months after formally announcing the change. The comedian confirmed that she was still additionally going by the name Suzy, which she says ...
BroadwayWorld

Eddie Izzard in the tragedy of HAMLET at Montalban Theatre

Following her triumphant triple-extended New York run, a box office record-breaking run at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, and a six-week London run which Dame Judi Dench called “Spectacular” and ...
The San Bernardino Sun

To create a thrilling kind of ‘Hamlet,’ Eddie Izzard decided to go it alone

When Eddie Izzard decided to stage a solo performance of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” – playing everyone from the title character to Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern – no one said ...
Bay Area Reporter

Eddie Izzard brings a solo 'Hamlet' to A.C.T.'s Strand Theater

Tony Award-nominated Eddie Izzard will bring her acclaimed solo performance of William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" to San Francisco. Following acclaimed runs in New York, Chicago, and London, the ...