"There’s almost enough acting talent to keep the production afloat. But when the final fencing duel arrives, it seems devoid of any real tension. The deaths happen, one by one, but we feel nothing."
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"Still: it’s fun, it’s imaginative, Abeysekera, Petrie and Streatfeild are all great. You should be able to stage Hamlet and it not be too big a deal."
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"A star is born in this new production of Hamlet...It isn’t the Prince, played by Hiran Abeysekera, but Francesca Mills’s Ophelia who brings this intelligent, thoughtful production to its most vivid life."
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"The prince himself, in a black suit, earring and stack-heeled boots, is an ironic, impish presence at first – this Hamlet is pretty funny. "
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"Hamlet is typically seen as the epitome of a serious play: visualise it on stage and you’re probably imagining a sober black-clad prince, clutching a skull and brooding miserably on his own mortality after his father’s death. "
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"A well-put together, beautifully choreographed production but one with a frustrating emotional vacuum at its centre."
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"Fight director Kate Waters ensures that the play’s violence at least feels pleasingly impactful, with the final, fateful duel particularly aggressive and dangerous, convincingly conveying the skill of the combatants."
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"this Hamlet is more Goonie on an adventure than melancholic student with a sudden reason for vengeance"
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