Staging the existential story in the midst of a pandemic when the future of live theater is uncertain is a compelling hook, ...

Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls' Grand Theft Hamlet is a funny and charming use of its titular game, even if it ultimately feels lacking in its pacing.

Pete Volk (he/they) is Polygon’s Curation Editor, with a particular love for action and martial arts movies. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story of the duo’s one-of-a-kind production ...

Faced with COVID lockdown, two out-of-work actors reach for Shakespeare in an experimental documentary that creates art on ...

“We were buggered,” Crane’s wife, filmmaker Pinny Grylls, who co-directed Grand Theft Hamlet with Crane ... low-culture irreverence of GTA. The movie gets great comic mileage from rehearsals ...

“I wonder if you could actually stage something here,” Crane’s avatar muses at the start of the documentary “Grand Theft Hamlet.” So begins a ludicrous journey to making one of the ...

The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an ...