Charly Hübner inspires in the German theater: Hamlet reinterpreted!

Charly Hübner inspires in the German theater: Hamlet reinterpreted!

Göttingen, Deutschland - On March 9, 2025, Hubertus Kahn, a dentist from Cologne, visits the German Theater Göttingen to see Charly Hübner in the performance "Late Night Hamlet". Kahn has already seen the play “Hamlet” 87 times in the theater and is looking forward to this special staging.

Before the performance, Hübner calls with director Kieran Joel to clarify expectations. In the role of Hamlet, which he developed together with Joel, Hübner illuminates the inner conflicts of the charismatic protagonist. Hamlet is asked by his father's spirit to take revenge for his murder by his brother Claudius, who then marries Hamlet's mother Gertrude.

thematic focus and staging

"Late Night Hamlet" takes up central topics from Shakespeare's work, including existential questions about death, life and social grievances. Hübner brings contemporary questions such as minimum wages and debt brake. The stage, which initially shows narrow and a skyline, later opens for a larger representation.

In his representation, Hübner plays with various emotions and characters, including a figure that commits a murder. He uses self -irony and strength to illustrate the complexity of Hamlet's character. Hübner Hamlet quotes: "The world is out of joint. Time has come out of joint."

The staging is described as playful and humorous, while at the same time it offers clever and entertaining perspectives on the relationship between theater and reality as well as identity and social roles. Production is a cooperation between the Ruhr Festival and the German Schauspielhaus Hamburg.

The response to the performance is consistently positive. Press representative such as Martin Krumbholz from night criticism report stating ovations, while Peter Kümmel from Die Zeit notes that the audience is infected by Hübner's wild presence. Alexander Menden from the Süddeutsche Zeitung emphasizes that Hübner gives everything and sticks his pink shirt on the body.

The comprehensive examination of Shakespeare's “Hamlet” and the approaches to integrate contemporary topics make “Late Night Hamlet” a remarkable staging in the German theater.