Grand Theft Hamlet: We are now Killer Shakespeare.

In a strangely emotional and predictably hilarious 1.5hrs, ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ stages Shakespeare. I say that clear-eyed, as I know there must be parts of the film that simply could not have been organic. However, the story they told of isolation, loneliness and a search for order and expression in a disorded and chaotic time, was a welcome one, and truly had me uncontrollably laughing through whole sections of it.

Think - Dry British Humor versus rocket launchers and impromtu death, while trying to recite verse.

Yes, the task of manipulating a video game into a stage for a Theatre Production, especially one as freely violent as Grand Theft Auto, holds within it challenges to overcome. But as many chronically online people know, it only takes a little time, a few friends to start the spark, and repeating to everyone what you’re doing, before new alliances are formed, and people start to protect the cool thing you’re doing, join it, observe it, make it easier for you.

What I felt was heartwarming about it, aside from how it captures the nature of Lockdown in such a unique way, is that it came together much like theatre comes together in real life - with the house of cards collapsing every few steps you take. By the end, everyone is a family, bonded by shared trauma or shared euphoria, depending on how you frame it, and when it ends, it hurts a little.

It’s going to be such a fun time at the Cinema - and I mean truly hilarious, especially if you enjoy the GTA humor of random things going off and people punching others for fun out of nowhere. It joins an amazing roster of Documentaries this year that are rebirthing the theatrical experience, and breaking the form in fascinating, cinematic ways.

It releases in Cinemas on the 6th December, and it’s a fun one to take your mates to and go to drinks about after. It will also be on Mubi next year, if you miss it’s debut.