Hamlet

“The pacing of the show is masterly, and its final wistful plot innovation inspired.” 


“. Brandstrup’s vision, and his power to realise it, make a memorable work of art. Kim Brandstrup’s new Hamlet is his most powerful creation to date.” 


“Brandstrup gives a filmic view of the nightmare that is Elsinore: fast paced, close-cropped, a grimly beautiful world.”

“The movement - arching, angular, fluid, full-bodied...expertly rendered by an 11-strong cast, yields kinetic poetry.” 


“This is Brandstrup’s most coherent production in years. He keeps the storyline clear, while adding teasing layers of ambiguity through body language alone.”

“Ye Gods – it is superb. When Kim Brandstrup is good, he is a true master. And his Hamlet is one of his very best creations.”

“Brandstrup seems to create his works like a film-maker, an invisible camera panning over the dancers. Action is fast and varied, like a series of beautifully cut shots, so the eye has to dart all over the stage to take in the drama. The different factions are wonderfully grouped: a skein of black-clad courtiers freeze to observe the prince's crazy antics, worried for his sanity: lovers Gertrude and Claudius roll and tumble with desire on the slab where the dead king once lay: Laertes and friends huddle together with an air of conspiracy.....“Wordless, yet a story clearly told... this Hamlet has huge appeal.”

“Brandstrup makes Hamlet dance at Elsinore Castle with such intense concentration that the dead awaken.l”

“It is far too long since we last saw Kim Brandstrup and his dancers in Denmark...our countryman has still maintained his grip on modern, narrative dance drama.”