HAMLET: Theatre Review

WHAT: Hamlet WHEN: 20 October - 4 November 2023 WHERE: Mycellium Studios WRITTEN BY: William Shakespeare DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Opolski DESIGNED BY: Leah Downey COMPOSITION BY: Chris Collins and Michael Fenemore LIGHTING BY: Liam Mitchinson PERFORMED BY: Claire Baldwin, Megan Davis, Anthony Edward, Gilbert Gauci, Ryan Fahlbusch, Michael Fenemore, Charlee Liddell, Rouzbeh Nadjar, Don Nicholson, Anastasia Sidorova, and Alayne Wright AV BY: Regan Wood STAGE MANAGED BY: Eleni Rogers Charlee Liddell and Michael Fenemore - photo by Bernie Phelan I can't believe I am saying this, but I have finally seen a production of Hamlet I quite enjoyed. Staged in the cold depths of the Mycellium Studios carpark, the concrete finishes, low roof, and echoing chamber really suits this play because it becomes viscerally understandable how these people are so enmeshed in each others lives and how believable it is that they can feed on each other in frenzies of paranoia. This particular iteration of what