This has been sold out for a while...but a few tickets on the website now. Row A stalls on 2nd July. And 16th June (not sure where)

Those tickets are still available on the website if anyone is looking for some.

Seemed to be lots of row L....actually better seats than rowA....the front row is too close!

Thanks for the tip! Now I get to see it two months earlier than I was originally going to have to, and without having to queue up for hours beforehand! *squee*

looking forward to the review from you as I have to wait until July 22nd!

Like it or not, you'll get mine in June

Excellent! I always love reading the reviews when I have tickets lined up for something!

Thank you!
I just got L5-6, which theatremonkey (and vague memory) suggests aren't too bad. I was contemplating standing / queuing for returns, neither a happy proposition.

Just been on the website.....loads of tickets available for lots of dates. Must have been putting on returns....
Go snatch if you so desire!

Thanks for the alert. The bloody site wouldn't let me buy a single seat, so I ended up buying two for the only performance that I can go. Anyone want a £34 seat in row C of the Royal Circle, Sunday July 5th...?

Sorry Jenny,
I would have been tempted but have agreed to go to Wimbledon...I got really excited when the tickets arrived as they were for FINALS day but then I spotted "No1 Court" and realized no-one much will be on there....and it will probably rain...and everyone on centre court will be watching the men's final under the nice new roof while I sit in the rain. Now I can make myself really gloomy imagining that I could have been at Hamlet!
I bet Wyndhams would resell the ticket if you can't find a good home on here?

re Wimbles - if it rains really really monsoon badly they might then have some delayed matches on Ct 1 despite the roof! They have the old 'uns which can be really good entertainment but I agree not Centre Court. Why not go to Hamlet and let some one have the Wimbles tix?

Jenny - if you can't find anyone else, drop me a PM. I have a weakness for Danes. :3 (But do try to find someone else; even at delicious Donmar West End prices, I should be trying to keep my ticket-spending on the down side. XD)

I found tonight's preview disappointing. The cast need to work on their characters as many of them seem ill-defined. I didn't think that the actor playing Laertes was very good (he sounded like he was trying desperately not to say all his lines at once), and Hamlet seemed like an angry young man with a big ego and too much time on his hands. The set didn't work for me and nor did the costumes. The occasional humorous scenes fell flat as they were not delivered very well -- after a while, all this introspection, madness, and conspiring becomes too bleak. I didn't care about the characters at all. I hope it improves by the time I see it again in August. I kept thinking of all the little things they added in the Tennant version that worked wonderfully. This version seemed like a missed opportunity.

Another thing: I heard at least three mobiles go off and there were probably more, one a mere 5 minutes after the 'turn your mobiles off' announcement. If you can't turn it off for three hours, please don't go to the theatre at the same time I do!

Well i was there last night and jude is AMAZING!! it was the clearest i have heard the text delivered by anyone. Tennant was good but the production was marred by business and stuff happening that got in the way of the story. Here as always Grandage delivers a production that goes to the heart of this great tragedy. The set and lighting give us a moody Elsinore full of shadows and secrets. I wont spoil things but there are some seriously beautiful moments here. In amongst a stunning Gertrude and Claudius ( Penelope Wilton and Kevin McNally) Jude gives a stunning performance that lives in the moments in front of us. Like the audience around me I was captivated. I spent the last 30 mins with tears on my cheeks and couldn't help but stand to show my appreciation. Will definitely be queuing for standing later in the run.

Interesting! Well, a mere 17 days until my first trip, I shall be interested to see if I side with Guest or Ruth Dove. Seems like you both saw the Tennant version, so if your opinions are being swayed by that, at least both of you are affected.

I queued from 7.10 yesterday to get my ticket and i didn't get to see Dr Who on stage but like Ruth Dove i had a wonderful evening. The set is incredibly vivid and all the acting was emotionally connected and powerful. Laertes was youthful and fresh and the story of a brother and sister destroyed by tragedy alongside the main story of Hamlet was done brilliantly well. I went with some expectations about Jude but i was not prepared to see a truly great performance being delivered by a wonderful charismatic actor. The soliloquies were scintilating. Like the audience near me , many of whom were crying by the end i too stood to applaud a superb evening. If that is preview one then i have to go back to see how this develops - It is going to be immense!

I saw it last night and it was superb! Jude Law is fantastic as Hamlet- he covers all the emotional ranges and is also rather witty. Peneope Wilton was also great as was Gugu Mbatha-Raw who lays Ophellia- she is so convincing and has a wonderful voice when she sings. The set, lights and sound are so haunting and work beautifully. Definitely a must see. I did feel a bit sorry for Jude as he left the theatre though- mobbed by the paparazzi and screaming fan girls- who then chased him down the street towards Charing Cross.

This is an intelligent and austerely beautiful production. Grandage and his team have built a complete world that hits you as soon as the curtain goes out. It feels more in tone like a great European production, tragic, and rich in clarity and beauty. Jude Law gives a great performance that breaks your heart. It is profound and deeply soulful. He is surrounded by a company who equally inhabit this world with conviction and brilliance. I will be going back and taking as many people as i can ( tickets permitting), it really is a stunning piece of theatre.

Just in case anyone is desperate for tickets...if you follow the links from the Donmar Website it says all the tickets are sold out....but if you then click the drop down menu for Theatres and select Wyndhams it come up with an active link to buy tickets....there are some good ones to be had on 16th June evening. If only I could go then....I have to wait until 22nd July!

After David Tennants dreadful pantomime Hamlet, at LAST a serious and brilliant Hamlet in Jude Law.....I loved it last night. A few minor hitches, but for a first preview pretty electrifying. The design is sensational....as normal with Christopher Oram, and the whole cast is sublime, particularly Penelope Wilton. If you can snap the few remaining tickets up, then I think its best to do so quick before the reviews are out.....as I think there will be queues around the wyndhams theatre longer than ever seen before for day seats and returns........

I was there and I didn't notice any hitches, except one of the small doors at one point.

Darn and drats! I didn't buy any tickets for this because I am not a fan of preening Jude Law and was secretly hoping he'd be a terrible Hamlet. But it sounds like the production might be a modern classic. If I try to book something now I'll probably get a seat in the balcony amongst the clouds. Does anyone know if it's worth taking a seat there? Or should I just curse myself for having had an irrational dislike of Jude Law? (It was probably jealously!)

I popped in to the theatre box office today as I was passing, inthe hope that I might be able to upgrade my very very back row of the top level ticket for 8th August, seeing as the reviews have been good and I decided I might want a better view....but I was told that it was all sold out and was returns and day tickets only, and people had been queueing this morning from 5am.

I know with the RSC Hamlet at the Novello, every now and then some tickets would go on the DM website and thanks to eagle eyed friends I managed to get some that way. Maybe some wanting tickets will be lucky this time round.

I've got a spare ticket for Sunday July 5th (3 pm) in the Royal Circle, row C, if you're interested.

The balcony was excellent for 12th night and a bargain.

Thanks Jenny but I'm at The Globe then seeing R & J.

Hi Jenny, I might be interested in that if it's still going! How much?

I's still available, I think it was £34, which I was slightly puzzled by as I think the website stated £32, but there must have been some sort of hidden service charge included.

If anyone still needs tickets you can purchase them from see.tickets.com. I managed to get one for the matinee on 10 June for £36. Its more than I'd pay normally, but heyhoe.... Also, I've been reading some of the promotional stuff online and it seems we can look forward to a more visceral, physical Hamlet than Tennant's. And darling Jude says he's a perfect fit for the Danish prince cos he's been hurt so often in the past and can't trust people anymore. Ah, bless!

Sorry to be dull, but just wondered how long it's running at present - I assume it's pretty long considering the whole play uncut is said to last for 9 hours!

I am told that it's 1hr 20mins, one interval of 15 mins, second part 1hr 30mins.

I assume you mean 4 hours - unless there's some lost Hamlet trilogy I've not heard of!

Donmar, DelfontMackintosh & See all say Sold Out now.

(See looks as if it's got some for both perfs June10 - but on clicking through, they too say Sold Out.)

Could be 9 hours if they do all the versions! Someone said, can't recall who, that in the future they could [ maybe should] choose which version they do, as they can piece together about 4 different ones and each one has its own integrity with a political relevance. Over to you, Greg Doran for a Hamlet fest Stratford 2012

I have a spare ticket for Thursday 2nd July at 7.30pm, K22 in the stalls, if anyone is interested. I am going on holiday that weekend now, but fortunately have a friend with another spare so that I can still go later in the month.

I have two tickets for Saturday June the 27th ..row C in stalls. But have a family committment that means I can't go. Would anyone be willing to swop for a different date ?

Saw this tonight and felt like i was watching a new play. There were lines i hadn\'t heard before and the whole thing was played with such an intensity it made me realise just how much was at stake for these characters : it is life or death. Jude Law was full of anger and grief but had a wonderful innocence about him. The play happened to him and he was swept up in its events. It was such a fresh interpretation the language tripped off all the actors tongues as though they were improvising. Penelope Wilton, Kevin McNally, Peter Eyre and Ron Cook were all deeply focused and gave vivid portrayals. The young actors around them all siezed their moments. At last a Laertes and Ophelia who really do seem like a brother and sister. A Rosencrantz and Guildenstern who illuminate as they are pulled to their own fate. Above all i was blown away by this great tragedy played out and it has left a very deep impression. The production is beautiful. To be or not to be is played in the snow and the Players scene is stark and amazing. Whilst i watch our own Government struggle to keep order there was something deeply profound about the way this Danish court shuffled their fates in an attempt to avoid a tragic demise. A profound, relevant and wonderful night at the theatre.

I arrived at the theatre at 8.30 this morning n there were already around 18 people before me already. And by the time the tickets started selling, there were easily over 30 people!
I got myself a standing ticket (10 pounds) which was quite good value! But I was abit late... less than 1 min... and they will not let me in until after the interval which I was extremely gutted! So be there on time guys!

The show itself was good... very Donmar/Grandage. I preferred Othello personally but this is just as good. Jude was a better Hamlet than I expected and his protrayal was nothing I've seen. His acting was very naturalistic and very comfortable to watch. He was a good Hamlet and when at times I didn't like his portrayal... it's enough just to look at him LOL
I have to agree from above that, the delivery of lines in this production has brought some very new & interesting views to the play for me personally and I LOVED LOVED LOVED how the show's set up during the scene where Hamlet confronts Gertrude with Polonius overhearing, I thought that staging was excellent and very different to any other productions!
The lighting/costume/set/music for this production is in its usual Donmar 100% high standard!

I think this production is worth watching, go watch it, esp the prices are sooo reasonable!

Hi - I posted a few minutes earlier

I have 2 x tkts together for 21 Aug evening (Royal Circle, Row E) and can't go due to overseas holiday. Are you still looking for a swap ?

Gary

Saw this last night & simply adored it. I realise that the critics have'nt been TOO bad - although the Times critique was very mean spirited - but I think most of them have under-"starred" the production. Ther set was simple but very effective, the lighting was excellent and the acting - with one or two exceptions - was first rate. Ron Cook has the ability to be a much better Polonius & Alex Waldmann was utterly dreadful as Laertes. Both Kevin McNally & Penelope Wilton were excellent as usual. Jude Law was inspirational. Unlike many who had not seen him on stage before I had seen him at the Young Vic in Dr Faustus and Tis Pity She's A Whore & there is no doubt that he is a stage actor of great talent & substance. Over the years I have seen around 10 productions of Hamlet but never before been moved to tears as I was during this production. Bravo to the Donmar for providing so much theatrical magic in recent years.

I was hugely impressed with this production - so going with the general views here.

Jude Law is a revelation (even when I saw him in Dr Faustus) - the sheer rawness of Hamlet's grief and anger is very moving. He handles the soliloquys well and really connects with the audience. I personally think some of the critics have been harsh (with 2-3 star reviews) and referring to the coldness of his performance, but that's their view.

Penelope Wilton is also excellent (as nearly always) - even when observing (as Getrude does quite a lot), she brings something new to her role, particularly in the closing scenes. Most of the roles were well played - particularly Kevin McNally as Claudius, though I also kept on thinking of Bond villain Blofeld though minus the white cat (!). A minor quibble about Alex Waldmann who plays Laertes almost like a nervous young schoolboy (probably reflecting his overemphatic performance) - he was OK in comedic Twelth Night but is somewhat lost here.

The staging is very precise, very focused and thrilling. The clastrophobia of the dark prison-like Elsinore oppressively evoked - especially in the lighting and dark costumes. The soundscape is a bit intrusive at times (a lot of "signalling") but works.

Trying to avoid comparisons, but I enjoyed this much more than last year's RSC Hamlet (with the understudy Ed Bennett). This production runs at 3hours 15 (or 3 hours 5 according to the publicity) and did seem a little rushed in parts (particularly the Getrude closet scene). However, whatever is lost in minutes is made up for by the sheer intensity and focus that is brought to the story. I was left breathless and emotionally exhausted by it all.

It is very "Donmar" with the black brick wall, side profiles and lighting - a worthy end to the West End season.

I saw this yesterday and thought I'd add my impressions. First of all the Wyndhams is a beautiful little theatre and very comfortable, thoroughly recommend it. Re: Jude: well he was very good, but everyone probably knows that by now. He handled the verse expertly throughout, though the first half was better than the second. My own gripe (and it almost spoilt the play for me) was the poor quality of the assemble performances - excepting Penelope Wilton, of course. Other posters have written that the actors who played Polonius and Claudius can do better, but I felt Claudius mauled his speeches throughout and Polonius was incomprehensible and brought little to the role except trying to play the laughs. They, however, were Olivier-like compared to the 12 year old boy who was playing Laetes (Alex Waldmann I think his name is). If anyone has seen the Blackadder episode in series 3 in which he tries to stand for a rotten borough seat against Pitt the Younger, then his Laetes looks and sounds like the actor playing Pitt. I am going to stop before I really get going, but it was comical,j ust couldn't take him seriously. Anyways, besides that the production was excellent and the staging was in turns beautiful, sombre and menancing. Jude Law's Hamlet will stay with me for a while.

Fellas, would someone mind doing a full write-up on Horatio? I'm seeing the play on Tuesday but might go batty before then if no one lets me know if my favourite character has full justice done to him or no.

I doubt he'll live up to Peter de Jersey

That's what I'm afraid of. But as long as he's not one of the cast members people are touting as disappointing, then I may just survive.

What a shame about Alex Waldman as Laertes - he was excellent as Sebastian in Twelfth Night. Truly.

Saw this afternoon - was impressed with Law and he definitely was not giving a 'matinee' performance - it was energetic and committed throughout (sometimes he was so physical and miming the verse's imagery, that it was almost as if it was signed performance, which maybe could be reined in in favour of some introspection.) It was played incredibly quickly - 3 hours 5 minutes. Some great bits, but some very uneven sections - very poor Ophelia, some bland playing of some court scenes and smaller roles. I liked Ron Cook's Polonius - thought he avoided playing him simply as a buffoon, found a wistful sense of his lost youth. I think Waldman is more comfortable with comedy, but I didn't think he was dreadful - the fight scene was good. Definitely worth seeing.

is there any place to get tickets for this production? wherever i have looked it has been sold out.