Hamlet at The Montalban

Hamlet

The Montalban
1615 Vine Street Los Angeles

The King of Denmark is dead, and Prince Hamlet is determined to take revenge-initiating a cascade of events that will destroy both family and state. Izzard seamlessly shifts between 23 characters-men, women, ghosts, scholars, tyrants, courtiers, lovers, fools, and poets-in this tour de force performance.

Thru - Jan 31, 2026

Thu, Jan 29: 7:00pm

Fri, Jan 30: 8:00pm

Sat, Jan 31: 3:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-871-2420

www.themontalban.com

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Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended

"...Izzard, who has a background as a street performer, feels a kinship with Elizabethan players, who like stand-up comics, maintained a lively rapport with their audience. This “Hamlet” isn’t a dainty affair but a colorful attack meant to reanimate a cracking good tale."

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- Charles McNulty

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...Suzy Eddie Izzard—formerly known as Eddie Izzard until 2023 and now using she/her pronouns—is a groundbreaking British comedian known for her gender-defying stage persona. Now Izzard has taken up a new challenge, the actor’s equivalent of the Barkley Marathons: a one-person rendering of The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark—Shakespeare’s longest, most acclaimed work, the inspiration for Disney’s The Lion King, and a major influence on Sigmund Freud’s development of his Oedipus Complex—translated into over 75 languages, including Hebrew, Welsh, Icelandic, and even Klingon, by Nick Nicholas and Andrew Strader."

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- Ernest Kearney

Ticket Holders LA - Highly Recommended

"...This truly one-of-a-kind bare stage mounting of Hamlet, sans props and costuming and swordplay, pared down to two hours in an adaption by the star's brother Mark Izzard and sparingly directed by Selina Cadell, is not for anyone unfamiliar with the story-although I'd eagerly bring any or all of my students to see it as long as I was sure they were already well acquainted with the original-but for me it was an experience that could not have been more electrically exciting or dead-on inspiring."

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- Travis Michael Holder

Larchmont Buzz - Recommended

"...The role of Hamlet is obsessed with identity and self-questioning, making it a natural fit for a gender-fluid activist who likes to push boundaries—and who started as a street performer, who must always hold an audience’s attention. Izzard revels in Hamlet’s wordplay and complex character relationships, although on occasion the characters are hard to differentiate when played by a single actor blasting through a condensed text (about half the typical four-hour running time of the fully produced play)."

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- Laura Foti Cohen

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...The actor-comedian-activist generally known as Eddie Izzard sometimes goes by Suzy Eddie Izzard. In the solo performance of HAMLET that Izzard is touring around the world, she takes on the persona of nearly two dozen characters – kings, queens, lords, gravediggers, good and bad actors, ghosts and courtiers whose names we know very well. Suzy or Eddie, what’s in a name? The performer and the experience is remarkable."

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- Evan Henerson

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Hamlet Reviews

Los Angeles Times - Somewhat Recommended

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Ticket Holders LA - Highly Recommended

Larchmont Buzz - Recommended

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

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