Hamlet review - one-woman juggling act exposes limits of Eddie Izzard's acting ability

A marathon achievement for its feat of memory, this performance feels like avant-garde cabaret at times Has the solo star-vehicle as epic monologue theatre reached its peak with Eddie Izzard's one-woman Hamlet? Isabelle Huppert, Sarah Snook and Andrew Scott have all performed their own turns, of late. This is, in fact, Izzard's second such dramatic juggling act. The first was the charmingly performed Great Expectations in which she played every part. But where Dickensian drama suits picaresque c...