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Is it really possible to stage a Shakespeare play inside the game Grand Theft Auto?

Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary debut written and directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane, is about two out-of-work actors attempting to mount a full production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, inside the violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game

Wallpaper · Dec 12, 2024

‘They wouldn’t do this to Shakespeare’: the pioneers of postmodern architecture, as seen by their son

Jim Venturi’s new film follows his parents Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, bringing scrappy wit and colour to chilly modernism as they battle the establishment and wind-up traditionalists at the National Gallery

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2024

‘How many dead Palestinians are enough?’ The unbearable prescience of the late poet Refaat Alareer

The author and academic was killed in an Israeli airstrike a year ago. A posthumous collection of his work, If I Must Die, tells the stories of Gaza in a plea for change

The Guardian - US · Dec 10, 2024

What it’s really like to be ‘rescued’ from modern slavery

When someone is in trouble, the hope is that they will be rescued. From Shakespeare to Superheroes, the story has been the same for centuries.

The Conversation · Dec 6, 2024

The people who put on a production of Hamlet… inside Grand Theft Auto

IN FOCUS: During the pandemic, two out-of-work actors decided to mount a Shakespeare adaptation within the blocky, sun-kissed world of ‘Grand Theft Auto’. Now their unexpectedly touching story has been brought to life in a new documentary, writes Greg Evans

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2024

Grand Theft Hamlet review – in-game Shakespeare performance is brilliantly exciting

In a hilarious and surreal documentary, two out-of-work actors decide to stage the tragedy within Los Santos with dreamlike and fascinating results

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2024

We got Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto before GTA 6 – and it's one of the most important video game movies ever made

Grand Theft Hamlet's documentary filmmakers talk dying during filming and why GTA Online is the perfect place for Shakespeare

Total Film · Dec 4, 2024

To be or not to be: could actors really pull off staging Hamlet in the violent video game Grand Theft Auto?

During lockdown, an out-of-work actor discovered a venue within the bestselling game and decided to put on Shakespeare’s great work with friends... they just had to avoid the audience shooting them

Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2024

Twelfth Night at Orange Tree Theatre review: subtly radical, and impressively nuanced

4/5 Tom Littler’s 1940s staging of Shakespeare’s comedy might seem staid on the surface, but there’s a lot going on underneath

Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2024

Twelfth Night review – a classy, musical and seasonal feast. Play on

With its philosopher-fool character seated at a piano and central to the action, this sympathetically staged 1940s-set production is something of a revelation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2024