Steampunk ‘Hamlet’ gives bard a new look

(C) Dan Lea/IPT

Although the story is the same, the Encore Theatre Company’s use of steampunk elements does seem to cast a new spin to Shakespeare’s classic “Hamlet.”

Director Jonathan Perry and costumer Bobbi Carlson must have had lots of fun designing masks, giant puppet machines, and outfits that ranged from the Victorian age to outer space. The steampunk genre originated in the 1980s and ‘90s, and combines fantasy, science fiction, horror and steam-age fashions and design.

Read the full Steampunk Hamlet article.