Clone Hamlet

“She cloned herself!” 👯‍♀️ Anna plays our leading lady Kayla Everleigh – and all of her clones. Anna Francolini is an Olivier-nominated, award-winning actress whose career spans stage and screen with rare versatility. From the Donmar Warehouse to the National Theatre and West End she has earned rapturous reviews onstage for performances of wit, intelligence and fearless emotional precision. Musicals such as Company, Merrily We Roll Along, Caroline or Change, London Road combined with leading roles in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, A View From the Bridge, Twelfth Night. On screen, she moves effortlessly from global giants like Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Star Wars to acclaimed series including House of the Dragon and Sex Education - a magnetic presence in every world she inhabits. She recently worked with our Director Simon Evans on Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at the Wyndham’s Theatre, West End. We can’t wait for you to see her tour de force performance in Clone Hamlet. #clonehamlet #mockumentary #darkcomedy #insideno9

Didn’t make the Short Film Fund semifinals. BUT - Still smiling about this feedback. And I’m making Clone Hamlet no matter what! The funding will happen. Meanwhile I couldn’t be more thrilled to have found a brilliant team of creatives to bring it to life. 🏆 That’s the win. 🎥 Fellow filmmakers - what keeps you going when a door closes? Hit follow if you want to join the ride. #shortfilms #clonehamlet #highconcept #femalewriter #femaleproducer #femalefilmmaker #lovetheatre #artisticprocess #onedoorcloses #mockumentary #darkcomedyfilm

We did a thing. 🎥 Couldn’t be more proud, and absolutely loved working with this guy. Director Simon Evans is a marvel. I don’t think there’s any problem he can’t solve. Seeing something I wrote come so vividly and beautifully to life with the talents of this team is magic. ✨ Four days, three actors, TONS of clones. Lots to share soon, but for now a massive thank you to our incredible cast, crew and location. #clonehamlet

“We did the clone thing. Then we found an even bigger hook…” Tori Allen-Martin plays Molly, theatre patron-turned-producer. Her theatre credits include: Midnight Cowboy, Then, Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse), Samuel Takes a Break (The Yard), I Wish You Well (Criterion Theatre/Edinburgh Underbelly), Wild About You (Theatre Royal Dury Lane), Park Bench (Park Theatre), The Season (New Wolsey Theatre/Royal & Derngate), One Man Two Guvnors (New Wolsey Theatre/Nuffield Southampton), Rock of Ages (UK tour), The Hardest One (Criterion Theatre/The Other Palace), Boxed (LDN Collective), Wretch (Vault Festival); Muted (The Bunker), H.R. Haitch (Iris Theatre), Yarico (Trestle Theatre), Streets (Hackney Empire) and Hair (Picadilly Theatre/European tour). Television credits include: Mandrake, Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Significant Other, Plebs: The War, The Other Half, Flatshare, Here We Go, London Kills, Back to Life, Pandemonium, Unforgotten, Pure and Clean Break. She is absolutely hilarious as Molly, and we can’t wait for you to see her light up the screen in Clone Hamlet! #clonehamlet #indieshortfilm #mockumentary

“Ambition is a duty.” Buck Braithwaite plays Kayla’s ambitious young director (and lover), Spencer. Buck is best known for portraying the title role in Netflix’s Alexander: The Making of a God. His previous credits include Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air for Apple TV+, Chloe Domont’s feature film Fair Play for Netflix, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin for Paramount+, the BBC comedy series Wreck, and the upcoming second season of David Benioff’s critically acclaimed 3 Body Problem for Netflix. Buck brings Spencer to life with such intensity, charm and emotional depth - we can’t wait for you to see him in Clone Hamlet. ✨ #clonehamlet #darkcomedy #indieshortfilm

Four days. Craft, heart and razor focus to make something hilarious, dark and a little bit dangerous. Love this crew. 🤩 👉 Follow @clonehamlet as we build it. Pictured: Director Simon Evans DOP @tompridham1 1st AC @dannystrasserac 2nd AC @cine.mac03 1st AD @tommccrindle Script Supervisor @a.ssh__ More to come… #clonehamlet #indieshortfilm #darkcomedy

Thank you @kinolimefilms judges. 🗳️ Thrilled our dark comedy short script got this far! 📽️Filming in early 2026 - follow the journey here. #clonehamlet #darkcomedy #mockumentary #actorwriterproducer #femalefilmmaker #femaleproducer #hamlet #shortfilmmaking #ukshortfilm

So wicked to have got this far in the comp! 🎬Filming in early 2026 - follow the journey here 🍿 Thank you @kinolimefilms ! #clonehamlet #darkcomedy #mockumentary #actorwriterproducer #satirecomedy #egotistic #femalefilmmaker #femaleproducer #hamlet #shortfilmmaking #ukshortfilm

🙏You are amazing. THANK YOU to all who voted!!! You helped Clone Hamlet make it to the Top 10 in the @kinolimefilms short script competition!!! We’re one step closer to funding. Now the judges - writers, directors, producers - read & vote for the Top 3… 📣 Announcement on Nov 10 📣 #clonehamlet #DarkComedy #mockumentary #femalewriter #femaleproducer #femalefilmmaker #lovetheatre #shortfilms #shortfilmmaker #ukshortfilm #actorwriterproducer #visiontoreality #darkcomedyfilm

Meet our wonderful producer, @gracelouiseking . Grace is a freelance production manager and short film producer based in South East London. She’s worked on indie titles like The Caged, Testament (Series 1), The Wife and Her Househusband, and Guardians of Loch Ness - plus a whole host of shorts, music videos, and social-first projects. Passionate about narrative drama and championing stories that matter, she’s a problem-solving wizard, so positive, and we’re lucky to have her on board. Huge thanks to @realmarkholden for connecting us! We’re making Clone Hamlet no matter what. But your vote could help secure $7500 from the @kinolimefilms competition to make it the best it can possibly be. 👉 Link in bio to read + vote #clonehamlet #shortfilmmaking #womenproducers #femalefilmproducer #indiefilmmakers #londonproducer #indiefilmhustle #shortfilm🎞📽⚡️

Meet our writer and exec producer: @koshaengler 💡The idea came after she performed in a three-person Hamlet at @parktheatrelondon . Bold, experimental - and yes, at least partly fuelled by ego. It left her asking: what drives us to keep reinventing Shakespeare? And stage one-person feats like Andrew Scott’s Vanya, Sarah Snooks’s The Picture of Dorian Gray or Cynthia Erivo’s Dracula? What compels actors to do it - and why do we flock to watch? Clone Hamlet pushes those questions to a darkly comic extreme: In a near-future, an actress clones herself to play every role in Hamlet. 💀🩸🤺 👉 Follow us here to find out more as we bring our short film to life! What do you think? Are solo shows a good thing or not? #clonehamlet #darkcomedy #mockumentary #femalewriter #femaleproducer #femalefilmmaker #lovetheatre #shortfilm🎞📽⚡️ #shortfilmmaker #ukshortfilm #actorwriterproducer #visiontoreality #hamlet #shakespearean #onewomanshow

Meet our director: Simon Evans. A multi-talented cinephile, he’s the RTS award-winning Writer, Director and co-creator of the hit BBC/Netflix/Hulu series STAGED (with Michael Sheen & David Tennant). His theatre credits stretch from the West End to the Donmar, most recently Inside No. 9: Stage/Fright. From 27 September you can catch his new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac @thersc starring @adrian_lester Our writer @KoshaEngler first met Simon when he directed her in a three-person Hamlet at @parktheatrelondon … the show that planted the seed for this film. Follow us here as we dive into preproduction and bring Clone Hamlet to life! #shortfilmdirector #clonehamlet #shortfilm🎞📽⚡️ #simonevans #staged #insideno9stagefright #darkcomedy