International Theatre Database
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
Australia
Run Dates
Jul 31 - Aug 16, 2026
Venue
Run Time
70 minutes
This month, the Old Fitz Theatre in Sydney explodes with Goodnight Sweet Prince, a ferocious new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Watch two of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts' most revered alums of their generation go head-to-head in a masterclass of tragic ambition, betrayal, and raw theatrical power. Shakespeare’s greatest psychological thriller is stripped back, dialed up, and pushed to the absolute edge. What's not to like?
2026.07.31 ~ 2026.08.16
The Old Fitz Theatre
Confucius said: Before you embark upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves. A room that once held art is in ruins. Inside it, a boy is being watched, tested, pushed toward something he doesn’t fully understand. He trusts no one. Not even himself. Goodnight Sweet Prince distills Shakespeare’s Hamlet into an intense reflection. A mind caught in cycles of memory, remorse, and brutality, hovering at the brink of breaking point. Each night actors Raj Labade (The Talented Mr Ripley, My Brilliant Career, King Lear) and Jack Twelvetree (Blackout Songs, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again) swap parts - Hamlet, Horatio, the rest - identity fractures, reforms, repeats through each unique performance. This is not a faithful retelling. It’s time distorted. A study of inherited violence. A sense of being watched, and the quiet damage done when revenge is dressed up as honour.
The Old Fitz Theatre
Sydney
Australia
Sydney
,Australia
