Hamlet on the Road

A funeral musical full of tragicomic, romantic, and musical moments

Hamlet is the best! Hamlet is the greatest tragedy of all time, which will make you scared, laugh, and scream at our theater! We promise you that!
You will encounter various theater and music genres, you will see live actors and puppets, as well as one corpse after another.
Do you like spoilers? The finale is a tragicomic crazy spectacle where almost everyone gets killed.
Do you hate spoilers? Then don’t read it, and just come along!
Do you like Quentin Tarantino or Tim Burton? Or do you simply not want to read Shakespeare at home and need to graduate from Czech language and literature? The Radost Theater production is the right choice.
You will find out everything you need to know about Hamlet, and remember it too! We promise you that!

Over 420 years ago, Shakespeare wrote one of the most famous tragedies of all time: Hamlet. It has been staged many times, filmed several times, the character of Hamlet has become an archetype and a fashion icon, and in theater slang actors are even nicknamed Hamlets.

The Radost Theatre presents Hamlet somewhat differently than usual: as a funeral musical inspired by the poetics of travelling fairground puppeteers.

The story of Prince Hamlet, his murdered father and widowed mother Gertrude, who married the brother of the late King Claudius, the story of the unfortunate Ophelia, her brother Laertes and their father Polonius are told by a strange travelling troupe, presenting the puppet Hamlet in an ancient rendition. They sing all the famous monologues with their own musical accompaniment. It is indeed a strange company of actors, one of its members is even a gravedigger! The actors immerse themselves in their roles so much that they themselves eventually succumb to the murderous madness of one of Shakespeare’s bloodiest tragedies...

The interior version is performed on the Large Stage at the Radost Theater, the exterior version takes place in the courtyard of the theater on a theatre wagon, which, in the form of a mobile stage, can follow its audience around anywhere.

Please note: A large amount of smoke is used during the production. We therefore recommend that spectators with respiratory problems sit in the back rows or use a respirator. Thank you for your understanding.

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