There’s a chance to watch Benedict Cumberbatch in action in cinemas across Kent this week.

He and the cast of the 2015 National Theatre production of Hamlet – which includes former Maidstone schoolboy Rudi Dharmalingam – return for an encore on Thursday, October 5.

Such was the excitement for the stage show in London, tickets sold out in minutes.

The previous National Theatre Live screenings were also hugely popular - so much so that there is to be a second encore this week.

The encore screenings are on Thursday, October 5, and are at Maidstone and Chatham Odeon cinemas, Curzon Canterbury, the Gulbenkian in Canterbury, Rochester and Ashford Cineworld and Folkestone Quarterhouse. Visit ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.uk to book.

Read our interview with Rudi Dharmalingam about working with Benedict Cumberbatch and being watched by millions here.