Grand Theft Hamlet

This hilarious and audacious documentary follows a staging of Shakespeare’s Hamlet unlike any you’ve seen before. 

One of the year's most innovative and must-see documentaries follows two unemployed theatre actors during the COVID pandemic as they take on the seemingly impossible challenge of staging a full production of Hamlet within the brutally violent world of the Grand Theft Auto video game. Filmed entirely within the game, the intrepid actors set out to find willing participants for their Shakespearean tragedy, holding in-game auditions, rehearsals and finally inviting the audience to a truly unforgettable performance. The results are surprisingly touching and poignant, and endlessly entertaining.

"A documentary that returns Shakespeare to his rightful place at the intersection between high and low art, and restores a palpable sense of danger to one of the stalest but still most exciting English-language plays ever written." - David Ehrlich, indieWire