Hamlet

Whatsonstage.com“Worth the wait...” Hamlet can be mined forever…this highly intelligent interpretation, with its emphasis on hypocrisy, theatricality and illusory truth, is one to celebrate….

Financial Times“the production is simply too gimmicky…” This is a pearl of a performance. It is, however, a pearl in an imperfect setting...

Time Out“There's subtle reinvention and deep feeling everywhere…” Hamlet has been madder, braver, grander and more charismatic than this. But Kinnear makes you laugh with him, concur with him and weep for him right to the bitter end...

MusicOMH“A thoughtful portrayal that never feels mechanical...” Rory Kinnear is a very cerebral actor. It’s often possible to see the things clicking and connecting behind his eyes, but here in his long-mooted Hamlet for the National Theatre, this only works in his favour...

this is london“An interpretation of thrilling detail and freshness…” I have some reservations about the production, which would benefit from cuts and is occasionally bland. But, crucially, Kinnear’s is a Hamlet to treasure — and confirms him as one of our most versatile, exciting stage actors...

The Telegraph“A constantly compelling, fresh-minted production...” No actor can capture the full elusive complexity of Hamlet, but Kinnear often comes thrillingly close…

The Stage“ Rory Kinnear’s overage student is completely out of his depth… ” As with any modern dress production, some of the updating clashes badly, Ruth Negga’s hip, boombox-toting Ophelia never convincingly morphing into the softness of the Nunnery Scene or the fragility that would lead to madness...

Guardian“An evening to admire and cherish…” Kinnear is a strong, clearly-defined Hamlet; but that definition also stems from Hytner's production in which nothing is left to chance...

The Independent“A chilling production that demands to be seen…” Hamlet is an adult, the ordinary adult stripped of all nobility in a self-destructive battle to make sense of life in a suveillance state that denies him trust, friends and love. If it is a Hamlet for our age, then things are bleak indeed…

The British Theatre Guide“Take advantage before all of the tickets sell out…” Quite why something this special, which would seem to be easily marketable, should be in the Travelex £10 season is a mini mystery but readers need not worry about the economics - just take advantage before all of the tickets sell out...