Hamlet

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  Hamlet – Zwei Personen auf einem roten Balkon; eine hält ein Schwert, die andere weicht aus; Hintergrund mit gemusterten Sesseln.

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  Hamlet – Person mit Sonnenbrille und schwarzem, gerafftem Kostüm haelt einen Totenkopf in der Hand und blickt darauf. Hintergrund in dunklen Blau- und Grautoenen.

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  Hamlet – Drei Personen auf einer beleuchteten Bühne, eine in schwarzem Gewand, daneben eine rote Statue, im Hintergrund ein Porträt. Zuschauer*innen auf Balkonen.

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  Hamlet – Zwei Personen auf einer Bühne halten sich an den Händen. Eine trägt ein graues Kostüm, die andere ein schwarzes, voluminöses Outfit. Hintergrund mit

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  Hamlet – Zwei Personen auf einem Sofa mit Papieren, oben ein Bildschirm mit vier Kamerabildern. Unten eine Person mit schwarzem Stachelkostüm, ein Male-Read steht links.

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  Hamlet – Zwei Personen mit langen Haaren in Samtkleidung; eine lehnt den Kopf erschöpft an die Schulter der anderen.

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  Hamlet – Person in geometrischem schwarz-weißen Futurismus-Kostüm mit Spiralmuster und Sonnenbrille steht seitlich. Hintergrund: Unklare Skulptur.

Shakespeare's most famous play is a family drama, revenge tragedy with gothic elements and a psychological study in one. Apparently haunted by his father's ghost, Hamlet believes he must not only avenge his father's alleged murder, but also set right everything else that is wrong in the world. Who wouldn't be overwhelmed by such a task? In a world that teaches violence and lies as its preferred method, what decisions are in Hamlet's hands?

Artists/Collaborators: Von William Shakespeare / Wilke Weermann (Autor/in), Sebastian Zimmler (Hamlet), Pauline Knof (Gertrud), Pierre Emö (Ophelia / Fortinbras), Marc Oliver Schulze (Claudius), Maeve Metelka (Laertes / Reynaldo / Arzt), Gerrit Jansen (Polonius / Osric), Amal Keller (Rosencrantz / Reporterin / Bernardo / Totengräber), Paul Zichner (Güldenstern / Voltemand / Marcellus / Totengräber), Laszlo, Ben, Rafael, Grigoriy Herzfeld, Keite, Weingartner, Alimov (Doubles von Hamlet u.a.), Ersan Mondtag, Josa Marx, Robert Lippok, Alexander Pannier, Melanie Macher, Hans Fründt, Sibylle Baschung

Runtime: Sat, 07/11/2026 to Sun, 20/12/2026

"The time is out of joint" – an often-quoted line from Hamlet that probably resonates strongly with many of us at the moment. But what if it isn't the times that have gone mad, but people who can't keep up with them? And which times are we talking about? Yesterday's times or tomorrow's? What is really "rotten in the state" that Hamlet's mother and her new husband are trying to hold together while balancing reform, progress and bureaucracy? And why does Hamlet believe that he can get the current times back on course if he violently avenges his dead father, the old patriarch? In what kind of times does the past return as undead history? And what does that do with sons like Hamlet, who find both their fathers' time and the present strange and unsettling? Hamlet unites the personal tragedy of a man who believes he must correct the course of time with a family drama set during a transition between epochs plagued by crisis.Director Ersan Mondtag and writer Wilke Weermann place the focus of their version on the self-destructive forces of a society that plays out the contradictions of a world order based on violence in itself. Ersan Mondtag – who participated as an artist in the German Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale in 2024 – is well-known for the strong visual imagery in his productions and often designs their stages himself.

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 14/November/2026 19:30 bis 22:55 ( 3 more dates )
• Venue Berliner Ensemble - Großes Haus
• Address Bertolt-Brecht-Platz 1, 10117 Berlin-Mitte