HAM, the Fringe First-winning Hamlet spin-off from Hotter Project, has added two Saturday matinees before it closes at Soho Theatre on 31 October. A new set of backstage photographs has been released alongside them.
Two extra chances to see HAM have been added to the end of its London run. Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre have scheduled 3pm matinees on the final two Saturdays, 24 and 31 October 2026. The 6.45pm evening shows carry on as before, and the run still finishes on Saturday 31 October.
The piece is made by Hotter Project, the double act of Mary Higgins and Ell Potter. It arrived in Soho after this summer’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it picked up a Scotsman Fringe First. The reviews have been strong. Dominic Cavendish gave it five stars in The Telegraph and called it “the find of the festival”, while Evie Glen’s five-star notice in The Herald labelled it “the five star show that could turn you vegan”. Kate Wyver (The Guardian), Alex Wood (WhatsOnStage) and Arusa Qureshi (The Stage) each gave it four.
The set-up borrows Shakespeare’s revenge plot and swaps the murdered king for a dead pig. Its grieving vegan hero dithers, points the finger at his mother and finally takes revenge in the most theatrical way available: by putting on a show. What follows is a clash between a vegan and a sausage-lover over meat, madness and shame, with the most famous question in drama rewritten as whether to eat or not to eat. Higgins takes the title role, with Potter as Gertrude.
Ursula Martinez directs. Rūta Irbīte designs the set and costumes, with lighting by David Doyle, sound by Tom Foskett-Barnes and movement by Abbi Greenland.
The new behind-the-scenes pictures are by Celia Dugua and follow Higgins and Potter from the dressing room to an empty auditorium, butcher’s cut lines drawn on in marker pen. They are joined below by four more stage shots from Jonny Ruff’s production pack. His first set appeared in our first look at the Soho Theatre staging, and the critics’ verdicts are gathered in the HAM review roundup.
Performances are in the Upstairs space at Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, with tickets from £24. The show lasts 60 minutes and is for audiences aged 18 and over.
For more information, visit the official website.
