Prevented from working by the Covid pandemic, Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen turned to online gaming. The UK-based pair decided to put on a virtual production of Hamlet inside the online version of ...

In 2021, actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen were whiling away the Covid lockdowns in GTA Online when they had an idea: "Why not stage Hamlet inside the game?" They recorded hundreds of hours of ...

This is a question few would ask but when the UK entered its third lockdown with nothing but time, WiFi connection and games consoles on their hands, out-of-work actors Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen ...

Director Pinny Grylls and actor Sam Crane created the in-game show in 2020 as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The couple watched their son playing GTA Online, Crane got a friend to join him ...

But that was one of the quirks of making “Grand Theft Hamlet,” a documentary about a pair of British actors, Sam Crane and Mark Oosterveen, who, while idled by the pandemic, decided to stage “Hamlet” ...

The latter is exactly what filmmakers Pinny Gryllis, Sam Crane, and Mark Oosterveen did, filming the ideation, rehearsal, location scouting, casting, and eventual performance of the tragedy ...

A fun lockdown project turned into a festival and awards smash for debut filmmakers Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane. Theatre is a delicate business. At any moment, the vagaries of life may impact on ...

Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls' documentary about making virtual art in a pandemic won the Documentary Jury Prize at SXSW 2024. How do you stage a Shakespeare play in the middle of a global pandemic?

A virtual avatar selfie featuring Grand Theft Hamlet's director, Pinny Grylls, alongside co-star writers and directors Sam Crane (left) and Mark Oosterveen (right) How do you keep Shakespeare ...