TICKETS for extra performances of Hamlet starring Bolton actress Maxine Peake have gone on sale due to phenomenal box office demand.

The run has been extended by a week at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre.

More than 24,000 people have already booked to see what has become the theatre’s fastest-selling show in a decade.

The production — which features the acclaimed actress in the title role — opens on September 11 and will now run until Saturday, October 25.