Fans Brittany

Plumber and Sara

Lange with their
(sadly) banned
cucumbers

Ellen
Stucky
queued
all night

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25, from Cambridge had been
there nearly five hours but
she wasnt complaining. It was
definitely worth it, she says.
Welcome to the week that
Cumbermania went huge, as fans
from all round the world queued
day and night for their chance to
see BC treading the boards. And,
yes, heat was there with them.
There were fans (who have been
dubbed Cumberbitches, although
they prefer Cumbercookies
cos cookies come in batches)
of all ages. Despite the rain and
bleary eyes, they were happy to

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share their experiences. I got

here at 5am on the night bus,
says Sara Lange. It took me
about an hour, because the
second bus didnt come, so
I started walking. Brittany
Plummer came all the way from
Australia. The whole trip has
cost almost 6k, she tells us.
Pre-sale tickets for Hamlet
have been sold out for almost 12
months, but for those who missed
out, another Tube strike wasnt
going to come between them
and the chance to see Benedict
treading the boards up-close.
The ticket process is strict: on the

morning of each performance,

30 seats are made available for
each performance, priced 10
(bargain, especially as touts have

My sister
is making me
queue. Id rather
be shopping
been selling tickets for as much
as 500) and these usually go to
the first 15 people in the queue.
Moa Hijer, originally from
Sweden, was lucky enough to see

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ts early morning in London

and summer school student
Ellen Stucky, 22, would
usually be tucked up in bed at
her dorm, which is just round the
corner from Londons Barbican
centre. But instead, shes not
been home and not because
shes been clubbing she has
just spent the last ten and a half
hours queuing in the rain to get
a coveted 10 ticket to see
Benedict Cumberbatch take his
hotly anticipated turn in Hamlet.
I havent slept at night, she
tells us. It was a little chilly, but
we took coffee breaks. She