I went to watch the premiere of the play Hamlet at the Helene Lange school and to be honest I was little excited at first about watching Hamlet again. Thus, I was prepared to live through 2-3 hours of boredom with little new ideas.
I already questioned whether my rather low expectations were justified when I entered the hall and saw the stage though. All there was was a single actor and a bunch of puppets as well as a tape recorder. I developed a slight feeling of interest.
Once the show started and I knew for fact that hamlet would be preformed by a single actor. I was grateful to know that the next 2 hours offered something new but still I was still doubtful of how this idea would work out.
This doubtfulness shrink due to the trust I developed regarding the “one man” cast once he had introduced the play that would follow in such a unique way.
My feeling should prove me right. The play was excellently cut and hilarious at parts due to distinguished irony. Nonetheless the idea of hamlet was not completely lost. The play did not lose important content nor were the characters flat, especially hamlet.
Thus, the show turned out to become a fast moving and exciting 60 minutes and I wondered why I had seen hamlet about 5 times before when this show offered all I was looking for after the first time I had seen it.
Lennart Uden, Helene Lange School
Reviews of Footslog’s “Hamlet” by students of Gymnasium Lohbrügge.
You’ve gotta be kidding!
This was the first thought when I heard of Simon Story presenting Shakespeare’s “Hamlet“ as a one-man show. But different to my expectations, it was, in the majority of cases easy to understand the storyline, even though it was hard to concentrate on the Shakespearean language all along. Simple means, the use of some effects and the unexpected performance of one of my schoolmates as “Ophelia“, loosened the dry and complex language.
Being an excellent actor, Simon Story and his company fulfilled their intention to give the audience a short overview of the play.
Alexandra
I totally liked this presentation of Shakespeare ‘cause it wasn’t so old fashioned. I liked the modern touch and all the time I could follow the play, cause it was structured easily. I would recommend this “Theatre Group” cause in my opinion everyone can understand the course of the tragedy.
Jessica
The most fascinating part of the play “Hamlet” was how one single person can bring that much life on the stage. He managed it without difficulties and with the help of little puppets to play the different characters the drama contains. The mix of monologues, dialogues and suprising effects made the play into an interesting show. Especially creative was the idea to put on sunglasses during the parts Hamlet was pretending and acting.
Anon
I liked the theatre by Simon Storey!
It was very impressive, to view a theatre played by just one person.
The use of the dolls gave the theatre a funny touch.
Now I have a better understanding of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
I really enjoyed the play!
Christina
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