Grand Theft Hamlet interview Shakespeares magnum opus brings GTA 5 to cinemas [Video]

A performance of Hamlet in GTA 5, with input from fans from around the world, is the subject of a new documentary in theatres now.

Remember that project you started during lockdown? The novel that didn’t manage to get past chapter one. Or the screenplay that’s still sitting unfinished on the laptop.

Whilst the rest of us were baking banana bread and doom-scrolling Twitter, Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane were doing something very special. They mounted a production of Hamlet within the world of Grand Theft Auto 5. And, if that wasn’t impressive enough, they documented the whole process and turned it into a feature-length film.

Suddenly my banana bread doesn’t seem so impressive.

Grand Theft Hamlet was born in lockdown. Written and directed by Pinny and Sam (who are also married), the documentary follows Sam and his friend Mark Oosterveen, as they walk around the streets of a make-believe version of Los Angeles, attempting to perform Shakespeare’s …