Following a sold-out premiere in January last year, Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie and Toby Schmitz reunite for a night of “poetry, pith and play” in Hamlet Camp. The trio, who co-wrote the play, star as three actors, each of whom has played Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Thrown together in a rehab facility to help them address their addiction to playing The Dane, they embark on “an intimate self-help slaughterhouse session of soliloquies, swords and sublime word play”. Hamlet Camp wrestles with the conundrum that playing the famous role is both a blessing and a lifelong curse.

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Following a sell-out world premiere season, three stars of Australian stage and screen – Brendan Cowell, Ewen Leslie, and Toby Schmitz – reunite for a night of poetry, pith and play in Hamlet Camp.

Through an intimate, self-help slaughterhouse session of soliloquies, swords and sublime word play, the play wrestles with the conundrum that being cast as the Danish Prince (the most sought-after role in theatre history) is both a blessing and a lifelong curse.

Prepare for an evening of laughs, tears and bewilderment as Cowell, Leslie and Schmitz lay bare an actor’s life of friendship, passion, cruelty, glory and chaos.