William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a story artists return to time and time again; whether it’s performed on stage or film, heavily adapted (“The Lion King” is Hamlet and yes, I will die on that particular hill) or more like Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 feature film which has a 4 hour and 2 minute run time, we…
“Goodnight, sweet Prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Horatio’s final words to his best friend hang in the air long after he’s uttered them. As the bodies have piled up around him in that final scene, Horatio is the sole survivor of one of Shakespeare’s more bloody tragedies. This new adaptation,…
The story of Shakespeare’s Danish prince has been told and retold for over four hundred years. But what if you realized that the events of your life were eerily similar to those of Hamlet? Juicy’s revelation happens at the barbecue being held for his mother and uncle’s wedding, and the similarities don’t stop there. Written…
Raoul Bhaneja has been touring his production of Hamlet (solo) since 2006, and now it's back again at Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company for a weekend of incredible performances. I asked Raoul about his relationship with the show after performing it for so many years, what it's like to edit down a text like Hamlet, and…
My family and I are gearing up to head back to the Stratford Festival this weekend, and both of the plays by Shakespeare which we’re seeing are plays we’ve seen before. They’ll be brand new for my partner, so I’ll be looking forward to seeing his reaction to them. But I feel like the question…
A View from the Box 