Hamstrung: A Shakespearean Ghost Story

10/06/2025

A clown finds himself in a room with an expectant audience. What unfolds takes him on a journey into his past, through love, death, laughter and humiliation. Filled with the high drama of Shakespeare and the whimsy of an idiot, Hamstrung reflects on the nature of mortality to question what success really looks like. ✨

Playing at from 11-16 Jun!

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vaultcreativearts/1623130

23/04/2025

Coming to the Glitch in London! 11-16 June:

A ‘high-spirited’, tragicomic ghost story about Hamlet's fellow of infinite jest.

One for the ponderous clowns, Shakespeare heads and anyone who’s ever wondered what the Hell we’re all doing here.

Come laugh! Come be merry! Come find out what *really* happened in Elsinore all those years ago...

11-16 June
The Glitch, London
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vaultcreativearts/1623130

★★★★★ “An experience extraordinaire” Theatre Eddys
★★★★ “Stirring and impactful” fringebiscuit
★★★★ “A masterclass” Three Weeks

05/08/2024

First review is in and what a lovely start! 💀🥀✨

George Rennie’s one-man show centres around Yorick, an unseen character in Hamlet; he is the dead court jester, although he might not be dead after all. Hamstrung tells his story. Letters, candles, flowers, and apples are spread around the floor. A note stands in the centre, instructing an audienc...

22/07/2024

Alas, poor Yorick! Hamlet's legendary jester returns from the dead in this irreverent resurrection of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy. 💀💐

Catch HAMSTRUNG at Pleasance Theatre Courtyard this Edinburgh Festival Fringe

https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/hamstrung

31 Jul - 26 Aug (not 14 Aug)
11:30AM
Baby Grand, Pleasance Courtyard

14/05/2024

Saturday night, getting quirky in the crypt 💀

Performing this at the Museum of Comedy on Saturday if you’d like to come support, participate, give feedback or just hide at the back — this will be a special one 💐

09/05/2024

Some cute shots from the Hamstrung: trailer shoot at Museum of Comedy 🤹

Just over a week to go until the show previews in London and I’m so excited to share it with an audience again! 💐

Come for the feels, stay tuned for 🎬

11/04/2024

For anyone who wants to see it in London, we're doing a first preview of Hamstrung: A Shakespearean Ghost Story on 18th May at the Museum of Comedy -- a deconsecrated script turned comedy venue!

Would love to share and get any feedback on the show. There will be more! Info here: https://museumofcomedy.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873644575

02/04/2024

On at Pleasance Theatre for Edinburgh Fringe 2024!

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Hamstrung is a ‘stirring and impactful’ interactive ghost story about the space between live theatre and the afterlife.

Yorick, Hamlet’s legendary court jester, has been roused from the dead to perform one last time — and he is here to make merry! At first confused, his dawning realisation of where he is leads him to visit the world of the living, where he reconnects with his lost love of performance while accidentally leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.

Join this famously fickle fellow of infinite jest as he digs up the bones of his misspent life in this irreverent resurrection of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.

To see or not to see? There is no question.

Written and performed by George Rennie
Directed by Lisa Millar
Design consultation Damien Stanton
Sound design Lucas Button
Lighting design Benedict Esdale
Artwork design Faisal Ag
Artwork photography Luka Booth

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EDINBURGH

31 Jul - 26 Aug Baby Grand, 11:30 AM

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