Theatre

Hamlet

Sunday, 15/02/2026 / 05:00 PM - 12:00 AM / Theaterzelt Schwerin

Hamlet by William Shakespeare Premiere January 17, 2026

"Time is out of joint!"

When Hamlet returns to the Danish royal court, the old order has been destroyed. His father, King of Denmark, has been murdered by his own brother Claudius. Unseen, unpunished. The murderer himself now sits on the throne and has taken Hamlet's mother Gertrude, widow of the old king, as his wife. The young prince is determined not to accept this betrayal, to see that justice is done and to avenge his father. But what is he prepared to accept? What or whom must he sacrifice? To avoid attracting attention to his revenge plan, Hamlet misleads the royal court. He disguises himself and pretends to have fallen into madness. However, as the boundaries between imagination and reality become increasingly blurred, Hamlet himself threatens to become a victim of his own paranoia. Doubts gnaw at his conscience and his own willpower. Meanwhile, Prince Fortinbras prepares for war against Denmark.

In-house director Martin Nimz brings Shakespeare's great human tragedy to the stage in the theater tent - and with it, questions of unbroken, timeless relevance: How can we remain capable of acting in a world that is increasingly beyond our grasp? What is the fight against injustice worth to us? Can we be sure of ourselves? How do we reconcile our ideas and our actions? And can we remain moral in the attempt to eliminate immorality? In the end, Hamlet has no choice but to destroy his world. The rest is silence.

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