HAMLET
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
DIRECTED BY PJ ESCOBIO
Your adult life has just begun, you’re in love, you’ll be the ruler of a nation, life is good and then the floor is pulled out from under everything you know. The King, your father, is dead and your mom has married his brother, you know the kind, he’s that Uncle. You can’t trust your family, your friends, your own emotions. Then the ghost of your dad reveals the truth: that he was murdered by his own brother and wants you to take revenge. This is what the young Hamlet is faced with, how would you manage such an existential crisis? It’s easy to guess but you must witness it to know.
A father murdered, a youth betrayed, a dynasty doomed to fall. This is Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
SHOW DATES
PREMIERE on Saturday May 29th, 2026 at 7pm
Further performance dates:
May 30
June 10–13, 17–20, 24–27
July 1–4, 9 & 10
NOTE: Performances begin at 7pm. The gate opens 30 minutes prior to the show. Please be on time – due to the promenade nature of this performance and the garden geography, late entries are very difficult to arrange.
RUN TIME: approximately 3 hours, with a 15-minute interval.
*Tickets available exclusively through Frankfurt Ticket RheinMain. No tickets are sold at the gate!
Discounts available for students; groups please contact: hello@shakespearefrankfurt.de.
venue
Botanischer Garten Frankfurt
Siesmayerstraße 72, 60323 Frankfurt am Main
SPECIAL NOTE
This is an outdoor promenade performance with very limited seating possibilities. Please do not bring your own folding chair, but contact us in advance if you require seating: hello@shakespearefrankfurt.de.
We play in all kinds of weather, so come dressed accordingly – but please: no umbrellas, as they block the view of others.
CAST
Susi Mauer
Hamlet
Melanie Kenny
Horatio
Michael Kinzer
Claudius
Renard Yearby
Polonius
Nicolas Matthews
Laertes, Hamlet (U/S)
Arno Feltrini
Marcellus, Rosencrantz
Ornela Giolla
Guildenstern
Roxy Hauserman
Bernardo
Jack Rackham
Player, Gravedigger
Paul Cowlan
Player King, Gravedigger
Sarah Macey
Gertrude
Laura Hortok
Ophelia
Patrick Joyce
Ghost
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director – PJ Escobio
Production Manager – Sarah Davisson
Stage Manager – Trisha Fiss
Assistant Stage Manager – Luna Schreiner
Assistant Stage Manager – Isabelle Escobio
Front of House – Ulrike Sidney (Sid) Pizarro
Music – Paul Cowlan, Jack Rackham
Costume Design – Zahra Mashmul
Costume Supervisor – James Bailey
Props – Dirk Conrad
Intimacy Coordinator – PJ Escobio
Fight Director – Mathias Kunzler
Assistant Fight Director – Melanie Kenny
Photography – Stephan Junek
Promotional material – Kristina Polic
Social Media – Vera Mark, Joana Lüdke
Website – Leanne Maksin
Production Treasurer – Varvara Pomoni
Grant Writer – Jonathan Roth
Production Interns – Margaret Gensert, Oliver Wild
a special thanks
To the following organizations for their generosity and support of this production:
Palmengarten
Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain
