BROADWAY actor Peter McEnery doesn't have far to travel for his current role.

He is now appearing as Claudius in the National Theatre's production of Hamlet which opened in Malvern yesterday (Wednesday) and runs until August 12.

A leading member of the RNT ensemble, his other theatre performances include playing Hushabye in Heartbreak House at the Almeida Theatre, Menelaus in Helen of Troy, again at the National Theatre, and has appeared in A Dream of People at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He also has numerous film credits to his name and small screen viewers will also have seen him in, among others, Reach for the Moon and All Quiet on the Preston Front.