Suzy Eddie Izzard is Hamlet – and the readiness is all

Suzy Eddie Izzard talks to ArtsHub about playing 23 characters in Hamlet and what she's learned from performing the play.
Suzy Eddie Izzard performing in her one-woman show of Hamlet. Image: Supplied.

‘I’m constantly ready to go on stage,’ Suzy Izzard says the day we meet in Melbourne.

The 64-year-old Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor, activist, multi-marathon runner and two-time British Labour Party candidate isn’t short of energy or chutzpah.  

With Izzard, there’s a sense of being in the presence of a gentle juggernaut.

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Kate Mulqueen is an actor, writer, musician and theatre-maker based in Naarm (Melbourne). Instagram: @picklingspirits Facebook: @katemulq Twitter: @katemulqueen