Benedict Cumberbatch in "Hamlet"

[J.P.]

 

[SherlockedCAMPer]

only 51 days until the NTLive broadcast of Hamlet...(it's my sanity until pictures surface of something...maybe...or not     I think I need help  possibly one of these   )

[sittything]

This is it, folks.  This is what a hiatus reduces us to.  Overexcitement at the prospect of photos of Sherlock cast at a non-Sherlock event.

 

 

[sittything]

 

 

Off topic, but I miss this adorable man.

[J.P.]

Is there something like overexcitement?

 

First pic of Sophie

 

And the scene looks fantastic

 

51 Days? Okay, still have some time to read that thing. :P

 

 

[J.P.]

Mark and Ian

[sittything]

Rumors of Martin and Amanda spotted too...

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Is there something like overexcitement?

 

 

Maybe not in an emoticon on here but in real life, yes.

[Arcadia]

Mark and Ian

Nice to see they dressed up for the occasion... :p

[Carol the Dabbler]

OK, so they're having the press event because the preview performances are done and this is the official opening night, right?  Since it's only 8:30 in London now, I take it the press thing preceded the actual performance?

 

[sittything]

That's my understanding, Carol. That it's because the preview performances are over. There's also a private party tonight after the performance.

[Carol the Dabbler]

NOW the press is allowed to review the production!  :D

[J.P.]

Funnily enough they write as if it was over already. There are more things in heaven and earth, than I will ever get.

 

http://deadline.com/2015/08/benedict-cumberbatch-hamlet-london-review-1201505907/

 

one in German

http://www.welt.de/kultur/buehne-konzert/article145638857/Benedict-Cumberbatch-kann-auch-Sein-oder-Nichtsein.html

[Carol the Dabbler]

Maybe it was a matinee?  Though that would seem odd, on a weeknight.

 

[J.P.]

Set of photos at GettyImages

[J.P.]

Just read - press was allowed since Thursday already. Today the "news embargo" ends.

[J.P.]

Sky News is about to bring Hamlet news!

[J.P.]

 

James Rhodes ‏@JRhodesPianist 30m30 minutes ago

The play's the thing. And what an extraordinary, visceral, awe-inspiring thing it was. Everything theatre could be. Stunning #HamletBarbican

115 retweets 196 favorites

 

[J.P.]

The tweets are coming faster than I can read them :D

 

http://londonist.com/2015/08/our-verdict-on-benedict-cumberbatch-s-hamlet

http://www.heatworld.com/2015/08/benedict-cumbebatchs-hamlet-reviewed

http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/hamlet-benedict-cumberbatch-review_38587.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/benedict-cumberbatch-hamlet-theater-review-816761

http://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/hamlet-43

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/benedict-cumberbatch-as-hamlet-barbican-review/

 

Will read tomorrow. Or not.

[Arcadia]

I notice everyone has consistently applauded the set.

[sittything]

I'm getting rather impatient hoping for pictures of Loo, Amanda and, Martin.

 

So far I've only seen this of Martin:

 

https://instagram.com/p/60p5vpOyGt/

 

[Inge l-w]

One thing is for certain, I hope Dad has engaged a British nurse and nanny, because otherwise young Master Cumberbatch will speak his first words in another language, with all this circus going on, poor baby!

[J.P.]

Oh, I think it will be either poor Yorick or to be or not to be. :D

 

Daily Mail has an extended overview of reviews. The opinions about the production and the rest of the cast seem to be rather mixed. I don't want to go too deep into the reviews, as I'd like to have some "free space" in my mind to have my own impressions.

 

BTW can someone explain this sentence:

 

Mr Cumberbatch, for all the knee-squeezing of his fans [...] deserves to be taken seriously.

 

[J.P.]

Cumberbatchweb, which is a good source of news on Twitter has her own review HERE

and a list of external reviews HERE

[Arcadia]

 

Oh, I think it will be either poor Yorick or to be or not to be. :D

 

Daily Mail has an extended overview of reviews. The opinions about the production and the rest of the cast seem to be rather mixed. I don't want to go too deep into the reviews, as I'd like to have some "free space" in my mind to have my own impressions.

 

BTW can someone explain this sentence:

 

Mr Cumberbatch, for all the knee-squeezing of his fans [...] deserves to be taken seriously.

 

No, that is a new one to me! I assume we are supposed to be squeezing our knees together to keep from wetting ourselves with excitement?