hamlet_X is a labyrinth of scenes, snippets of conversation, interviews, as well as portraits of people who surround Hamlet, and want to get in on his story. Props are gathered, cartoons developed. In various different ways Shakespeare's Hamlet is transported into our time und transformed into a story of our time. Hamlet as fashion show, Hamlet as advertisement, Hamlet as a schmaltzy story or a mystery novel, or simply as a product that needs to be sold.

hamlet_X dissects and re-forms the drama of the Danish prince into a mosaic of short videos that catapult Hamlet into the present. Author and director Herbert Fritsch presents a selection of clips and talks about his approach to the material.

The event is part of the multi-disciplinary festival 'Shakespeare is German'.