Hamnet Tickets

Great realisation of what it might have been like to live as Shakespeare, his family and communities at the time he was actually writing.

The show was amazing. We thoroughly enjoyed everything about it. It was a lovely birthday gift for my sister at a sensible price.

Acting. much of the dialogue was very loud shouting almost and I'm hard of hearing. The midland accent was very slight. I thought that some of the actors had only a little experience. The second half was much better. Play. I was really looking forward to the play having read the book a lot was left out and I understand that but I felt to the plays' detriment.

A bit confusing in act 1 but opened up in 2nd act. No hope if u had not read the book.

Rather slow. A lot of the book has been left out leaving a very simple story.

Storyline weak. However, the actors, set, lighting, music, costumes etc. were terrific.

Top performances all round in this gorgeous ol' theater

The set was fantastic, lighting and music were atmospheric. The staging was super and the essence of the novel was in the show- a beautiful love story. It was also the untold story of the female in Shakespeare’s time. The warmth and strain of the female relationships and their role in history was showcased beautifully! Thank you!

Enjoyable play and good acting - really engaged with “Ann”. The second half brought together the Shakespeare’s life into the great plays.

Despite never having seen Hamlet (my wife did it for A-level and never wants to see the miserable play again), this was a very touching modern take on family life including stresses of working away, sacrifice, bereavement and ghastly in-laws. Hamlet only figures at the end, unlike Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead, but that's another story! Or does it only figure at the end?

Nothing hapened in the fist half, so we left and had a nice meal while everyone else was sitting though this dire bilge's act two. Drama free theatre and beyond awful.

All four of us enjoyed the show and thought it faithfully represented the book and we agreed it helped to have read the book first. It was a powerful emotional story well told and the staging captured the historical period well. We were all totally involved throughout and needed a few minutes at the end to return to ourselves!

The play was adapted creatively from the book but just didn't quite capture the magic of the book. It was ok but I wasn't gripped by it.

We v much enjoyed this adaptation of a favourite book. The acting, esp of the character Agnes, was excellent. Staging imaginative & effective. Staff all good service.

Excellent acting and different perspective of the Shakespeare story

Never got going , only the ending and when we were in London the rest felt belaboured sentimental and cliched

Good but lacks the sense of suffering you in the book

I loved Maggie O’Farrell’s book but, sadly, the stage adaptation does not come close to capturing the magic of the novel. The play follows the plot of the book so closely that it misses the opportunity to bring the main characters to life. It’s well acted - particularly the part of Agnes - but the script fails to deliver. A disappointing night out.

The enjoyment of the production was marred by the poor visibility of the upper part of the stage set (not indicated in tickets) which was crucial to the plot and obviously designed for a different venue. We were sitting in the rear stalls (row U) It was also unpleasantly hot in the theatre. For these reasons we would not choose to attend a production at this theatre again despite enjoying this particular play.

The story is strong but the staging and lighting make it a separate art form from the novel and even those who have read will enjoy this on its own