Hamlet: Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Berlin
Wed 30 Nov 2011 to Sun 04 Dec 2011
Barbican Theatre
Silk Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
T: 020 7638 4141
Visitor Information
3pm and 7.15pm
Tickets: £16-42
A "visceral, taut, mud-soaked adaptation" which promises to breathe new life into a Shakespeare classic, drawing on six actors to enact the multiple characters of the Danish Royal Court. In this turbulent world of political intrigue, murder and corruption, Hamlet stands on the brink of a psychological abyss as he attempts to overcome paranoia, indecision and complex thought to preserve his grip on power. Digitally manipulated imagery and a driving soundtrack enhance the sense of disorientation in a modernday reading bursting with "irony, immediacy and physicality."
Running time: 150 mins / no interval
In German with English surtitles
Age guidance 14+
1 Dec
Post show talk – in conversation with Thomas Ostermeier.