2B or not 2B

We went along to see Hamlet on Saturday night and really enjoyed it. I've never read Hamlet or seen it on stage but I have seen a couple movie versions so I knew what would be going on. Just to be on the safe side its probably worth having a read through of a synopsis on the net before hand as it does take a minute or two to get into the way the characters talk.

The cast were all very good though I didn't get as strong a feeling that Hamlet was battling in his soul between exacting revenge or not, though I think this was intentional. Hamlet seemed from the start to be a very angry man looking for any excuse to start fighting back. From the films I remembered him as being a very honest man struggling to maintain his goodness in a very corrupt and wicked world. The sets and costumes were also very good and the show hung together very well apart from the sounds accompanying the ghosts appearance which scared the pants off us.

Its definitely worth going along to see if you get a chance. (It runs for one more week) but be warned that the theatre is very, very warm and by the end of the two and a half hour show you may well be roasted alive and will definitely be ready to drift off home to sleep.

Guardian Review