Hamlet – Hackney Citizen

Hamlet, Hackney Empire, review: RSC’s African restaging brings the energy of youth to the tragedy

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 13 March 2018 at 17:46

'Like an atom bomb': Paapa Essiedu brings youthful energy to Hamlet. Photograph: Manuel Harlan (c) RSC

The Royal Shakespeare Company come to Hackney with a West African-influenced production that features their first use of a black actor in the title role

Alas! Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet tour to stop at Hackney Empire next year

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 11 May 2017 at 16:42

Paapa Essiedu (right) as Hamlet, pictured with Yorick (left). Photograph: Royal Shakespeare Company

Londoner Paapa Essiedu to star in the production, which reimagines Denmark as a modern, African-influenced state

Hamlet, Almeida Theatre, review: method and madness

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 March 2017 at 11:15

Andrew Scott (Hamlet), Amaka Okafor (Guildenstern) and Calum Finlay (Rosencrantz). Photograph: Manuel Harlan.

The N1 theatre stages the tragedy with a variety of bells & whistles that make for a stylish production

Hamlet – stage review: 'ambitious, visually lavish and perfectly-pitched'

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 10:33

Benedict Cumberbatch delights as the indecisive Prince of Denmark, but a stunning set is the real star of the Barbican’s production