Grand Theft Hamlet

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January 2021. The UK is in its 3rd lockdown and all entertainment venues remain closed. For theatre actors Sam and Mark, the future looks bleak. As the pandemic drags on, they spend their days in the online digital world of Grand Theft Auto V and when they stumble across a theatre, they have an idea to stage a full production of Hamlet within the game.

This film charts their ridiculous, hilarious and moving adventure as they suffer the slings and arrows of random violence in the game, and discover surprising truths about life, friendship and the enduring power of Shakespeare.

Filmed entirely within-game, this funny documentary is inspired in its conception and unexpectedly poignant. It's likely one of the best (and certainly most unusual) films to cover the desperation, separation, loneliness, mental health and creativity that the pandemic inspired.