Suzy Izzard is a woman for all seasons – and all roles, it seems. This month, the British actor and comedian – still happy to be known as Eddie in a professional context – is touring Australia in The Remix, reimagining highlights from her 35 years in comedy. Then in June, she returns with her unique take on Hamlet, adapted by her brother Mark, in which she plays all 26 characters in Shakespeare’s great tale of grief, revenge and vulnerability.

Suzy Izzard in The Tragedy of Hamlet. Photo © Carol Rosegg

“We did a Q and A after a very early show in New York and one person said, ‘I see Ophelia as a twin soul of Hamlet.’ We liked and ran with that,” says Izzard via video conference. Having performed the solo work on both sides of the Atlantic, she is now preparing to tour the show to Australia.

“As a trans person, to be able to play a female character or a male character, that is a kind of beautiful situation because [people] were obsessed in the olden days [with] separation into this binary thing, and now things...