Sh!tfaced Sheakespeare: Hamlet Review - Fairy Powered Productions

REVIEW: Sh!t-faced Shakespeare – Hamlet

Rating: 4 out of 5. A boozy take on Hamlet keeps the laughs flowing and Shakespeare accessible – best enjoyed with a beer. If you think Shakespeare is too high-brow, too slow, or too sober – Sh!t-faced Shakespeare is here to change your mind, pint (or Jubel beer) in hand. Bringing high but lighthearted energy to the London scene, Sh!t-faced Hamlet delivers a condensed, irreverent take on the Danish tragedy, with one catch: a different cast membe…

Sh!tfaced Sheakespeare: Hamlet Review - Fairy Powered Productions

Leicester Square Theatre – until 21 September, followed by a UK tour Reviewed by Julia Spargo 4**** I am less familiar with Hamlet, being a Macbeth or comedies girls myself, and after two hours in the company of Sh!tfaced Shakespeare, I am not convinced I am any more familiar with Shakespeare’s longest play. I did, however, have a lot of fun. The premise of Sh!tfaced Shakespeare is that the main cast member of the production is spectacularly dr…