Unique lockdown docu will inspire; video game violence. Read Common Sense Media's Grand Theft Hamlet review, age rating, and parents guide.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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?

Mubi has revealed the official trailer for the acclaimed doc film called Grand Theft Hamlet, co-directed by filmmakers Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane. This first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival ...

How do you keep Shakespeare fresh after 400 years? Two actors found an unexpected answer inside the computer game Grand Theft Auto (GTA). Prevented from working by the Covid pandemic, Sam Crane ...

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 ...