See it if you love great acting and an astounding performance of the title role, love Shakespeare, are okay with reading supertitles or know German.
Don't see it if you don't like reading supertitles (assuming you don't speak German), don't like radical takes on Shakespeare, you hate Shakespeare. Read more
See it if A completely gonzo take on Hamlet. Funny, Incisive and completely over the top. If you like wild rides buckle up!
Don't see it if If you like your Bard straight up no chaser stay home. Face plants, rages, cross-dressing, actors in multiple roles, in German. Read more
See it if Another take on Hamlet. Cast is 100% invested in their roles, the play.
Don't see it if Bombastic and exhausting. Certain directional choices can be offensive.
See it if you enjoy pompous modern interpretations, where Hamlet is a mad man, acting like a violent buffoon. It's novel for a while but gets old fast
Don't see it if you hate productions that stretch their interpretative license to such excess - that the entire play loses its core substance. Schrecklich!
See it if you want to see Hamlet
Don't see it if you can't sit still for 3+ hours
See it if Spectacular actors & opening. Exhilarating at first to see them break traditional theatre rules but they get trapped in their own concept...
Don't see it if Pull all the tricks out of the hat in 30mn & can go nowhere from there. A shame, play full of promise became shock value. Where was Hamlet?!
See it if you love unexpected, controversial viewpoints. Brilliant acting. Thrilling visuals. Poignant, funny, excessive, over the top, unapologetic.
Don't see it if you expect a classic production or anything conventional. Subtitles are hard to follow as there’s so much going on stage.
"In 'Hamlet' we see a production that sometimes succumbs to one of the frequent pitfalls of experimental takes on classic works: It feels more attuned to inherited ideas about and traditions of the play as opposed to being attuned to the material itself."
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"It’s the only production of 'Hamlet' I’ve seen where the production feels like it can freely mess with the play, interpolating ad libs and songs and slicing the text without feeling beholden to the play as the masterpiece it is."
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